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I have a few qualms with this app: 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it loc

I have a few qualms with this app: 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software. 2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations, but they still carry a USB drive in case there are connectivity problems. This does not solve the connectivity issue. 3. It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating. I know this is premature at this point, but without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?

bestouff 1y ago
Hey isn't this the same famous reply as the one the Dropbox founder got here in HN ?
- deleted 1y ago
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- rising-sky 1y ago
  infamous* but yes, sure sounds like it!
jcalx 1y ago
Context, for the above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 It worked out the first time!
- muppetman 1y ago
  Thanks for this - I thought the OP was insane...
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otterley 1y ago
> you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem... I don't think the word "trivially" means what you think it means. [Edit: I now realize the above is a verbatim quote from a naysayer after the Dropbox announcement]
- lynndotpy 1y ago
  Other comments have added context, but this is a Hacker News "copypasta" of sorts, from DropBox's first launch.
- Dylan16807 1y ago
  > I don't think the word "trivially" means what you think it means. You cut off "for a linux user [in 2007]" and that's a very important part of the sentence.
kvirani 1y ago
Haha
rvz 1y ago
The joke at hand. [0] Here we go again. Now let see if the founder(s) will reply here and to run it all back from start to IPO. What would the founders do differently from dhouston this time? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
kmeisthax 1y ago
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pluto_modadic 1y ago
1. - FTP could fail / doesn't resume the same way rsync, mutagen, or syncthing could 2. - nothing would by your criteria of an airgap, that's a strawman, this is just an alternative over the wire method (as is bluetooth file transfer)
tomazsh 1y ago
Classic lore! :)

bestouff 1y ago

Hey isn't this the same famous reply as the one the Dropbox founder got here in HN ?

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rising-sky 1y ago
infamous* but yes, sure sounds like it!

jcalx 1y ago

Context, for the above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 It worked out the first time!

muppetman 1y ago
Thanks for this - I thought the OP was insane...

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otterley 1y ago

> you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem... I don't think the word "trivially" means what you think it means. [Edit: I now realize the above is a verbatim quote from a naysayer after the Dropbox announcement]

lynndotpy 1y ago
Other comments have added context, but this is a Hacker News "copypasta" of sorts, from DropBox's first launch.
Dylan16807 1y ago
> I don't think the word "trivially" means what you think it means. You cut off "for a linux user [in 2007]" and that's a very important part of the sentence.

kvirani 1y ago

Haha

rvz 1y ago

The joke at hand. [0] Here we go again. Now let see if the founder(s) will reply here and to run it all back from start to IPO. What would the founders do differently from dhouston this time? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

kmeisthax 1y ago

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pluto_modadic 1y ago

1. - FTP could fail / doesn't resume the same way rsync, mutagen, or syncthing could 2. - nothing would by your criteria of an airgap, that's a strawman, this is just an alternative over the wire method (as is bluetooth file transfer)

tomazsh 1y ago

Classic lore! :)