I think people think that comment is wrong because ner-ner Dropbox was in fact a big success, and just because it's _possible_ to do implement something on your

I think people think that comment is wrong because ner-ner Dropbox was in fact a big success, and just because it's _possible_ to do implement something on your boutique computer doesn't mean it won't have value for people who can't do that. [I totally agree if Microsoft had more vision and were competing on an OS that actually worked better for the owner of the computer in 2007, they wouldn't have ceded core parts of the computer's function to some two-bit VC-fuelled bodgers] But to be the comment is wrong because - well - it wasn't and it isn't trivial to run a version control system on top of a network filesystem! Synchronous filesystems over the internet are awful. If the commenter had ever tried this for more than about 2 hours they'd find it hangs on the first network wobble, and probably loses data. Anyhow we're getting off-topic. Do you think French fries deserve their success?