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This is great - Dropbox are doing only one thing and they're great at it. The way I see it it's like Google is a restaurant that sells Italian and Mexican, and

This is great - Dropbox are doing only one thing and they're great at it. The way I see it it's like Google is a restaurant that sells Italian and Mexican, and Dropbox is just Italian - where would you go to eat? And with the competition, Dropbox will focus more on monetizing enterprise users and in order to keep the individual users it will at least match the space that Google is offering.. So as far as I am concerned I am getting an Italian chef to cook my meal for the price of McDonald's..

sudhirj 14y ago
That's what I would have thought at first, but the problem (for Dropbox) I'm seeing there is that there isn't really that kind of differentiator. You have a folder that exists on your devices, and the contents of the folder are automatically synced across all your devices. You also have a web interface that you can use to upload and download files. You have a certain amount of space and can buy more. You can share that folder or parts of it with others or teams. Am I talking about Dropbox or Drive?
- ig1 14y ago
  It also describes rsync
  - sudhirj 14y ago
    Touché.
- israelyc 14y ago
  For new adopters, you might be right.. but for someone who's using Dropbox already, there is no way. Because it is all about the details. Gdrive doesn't have all the applications for each platform, and it will take them a while until they will get it right (even if they just emulate). And I think DB knows that and they're trying to acquire Android users (by offering free 3GB if you sync photos from your phone) before Google integrates gdrive in Android: http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=984 http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=984
anonhacker 14y ago
This is one way of looking at it, a dissenting view: Because Google is so integrated gmail,google docs, etc -> You are sitting in a restaurant that serves Italian and Mexican food, across the street is another Italian restaurant, where would you go to eat?

sudhirj 14y ago

That's what I would have thought at first, but the problem (for Dropbox) I'm seeing there is that there isn't really that kind of differentiator. You have a folder that exists on your devices, and the contents of the folder are automatically synced across all your devices. You also have a web interface that you can use to upload and download files. You have a certain amount of space and can buy more. You can share that folder or parts of it with others or teams. Am I talking about Dropbox or Drive?

ig1 14y ago
It also describes rsync
- sudhirj 14y ago
  Touché.
israelyc 14y ago
For new adopters, you might be right.. but for someone who's using Dropbox already, there is no way. Because it is all about the details. Gdrive doesn't have all the applications for each platform, and it will take them a while until they will get it right (even if they just emulate). And I think DB knows that and they're trying to acquire Android users (by offering free 3GB if you sync photos from your phone) before Google integrates gdrive in Android: http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=984 http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=984

anonhacker 14y ago

This is one way of looking at it, a dissenting view: Because Google is so integrated gmail,google docs, etc -> You are sitting in a restaurant that serves Italian and Mexican food, across the street is another Italian restaurant, where would you go to eat?