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Dropbox is web-based? Because I have to install a program for it. In that case, Outlook is web-based.

• jodrellblank 18y ago
  It's web based because the main data store is not on your computer but 'out on the web', and you can access any of your data stored in it by logging onto their website. You can install a program for your convenience, but you can use the core remote-storage of dropbox without it.
  • mattmaroon 18y ago
    It's entirely the same of Outlook/Exchange, yet I don't think anyone would consider that web-based.
    • jodrellblank 18y ago
      Sounds like you're drawing the distinction at "primarily browser based" and I was using "primarily internet based". As such, I think Outlook/Exchange is not web-based, but Outlook/Hosted-Exchange is web based (because the Exchange server is "out on the web" somewhere out of sight, out of mind).