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For any advanced techie, the three main reasons (Backup, sync, sharing) for using DropBox are irrelevant. For ordinary users: sure! It sounds like a great solut
by windsurfer 18y ago
For any advanced techie, the three main reasons (Backup, sync, sharing) for using DropBox are irrelevant. For ordinary users: sure! It sounds like a great solution. Let me explain.
I don't think anyone with valuable data would trust their only backup with an external "in-the-cloud" source. On top of that, most people's upload capacity is severely limited.
Syncing is accomplished with rsync or a network share on your home network. Most geeks will SSH into their home computers, etc.
Sharing via drop box cannot be any better than a personally managed web server. GIT/SVN on your server offers much more than drop box can.
On the other hand, maybe I just like to hack and get my hands dirty creating my own solutions.
- sachinag 18y agoYou're right about the on the other hand. :) All of Dawdle.com's documents are up in the clouds thanks to Dropbox. I use it because it's easier than Parallel's Shared Folders functionality. How's that for buying something I don't need?
- JesseAldridge 18y agoHave you tried DropBox? The app is so damn easy to use it's ridiculous. Sure there are other ways to do it, but the absolute lack of headaches makes DropBox way better than those other techniques you suggested.
- malekov 18y agoit's not in the cloud, it's in your drive or drives and in the cloud... have you ever used it?