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I used to use Dropbox at work and also personally. Work didn’t like it as Dropbox was new/unknown and eventually banned us from using it. This was about 15 yea

I used to use Dropbox at work and also personally. Work didn’t like it as Dropbox was new/unknown and eventually banned us from using it. This was about 15 years ago and the only way to share files between colleagues was to manually upload a file to their shared drive (through a browser) and then ask your colleague to go download it. Works Dropbox was replaced by Microsoft. My personal Dropbox was replaced by Google Drive, and then by iCloud. Nice to know Dropbox is still make lots of cash really. They started it all.

jh00ker 2mo ago
>They started it all. Actually box.com was first (launched as box.net in 2005), and Dropbox was founded in 2007.
- Taikhoom10 2mo ago
  Yes and quite frankly dropbox should have leverage their consumer brand to move into enterprise.
- zrobotics 2mo ago
  I mean if we're going to get pedantic like that, then here is the classic Dropbox evaluation: BrandonM on April 5, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive 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?
  - tmp10423288442 2mo ago
    Everyone makes fun of #1 for good reason, but #2 and #3 were actually reasonable objections at the time.
  - suslik 2mo ago
    https://zedshaw.com/blog/2018-03-25-the-billionaires-vs-brandonm/ https://zedshaw.com/blog/2018-03-25-the-billionaires-vs-bran...
- jorams 2mo ago
  Box.net launched first, but they didn't introduce file synchronization, the core value proposition of Dropbox, until mid 2010.

jh00ker 2mo ago

>They started it all. Actually box.com was first (launched as box.net in 2005), and Dropbox was founded in 2007.

Taikhoom10 2mo ago
Yes and quite frankly dropbox should have leverage their consumer brand to move into enterprise.
zrobotics 2mo ago
I mean if we're going to get pedantic like that, then here is the classic Dropbox evaluation: BrandonM on April 5, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive 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?
- tmp10423288442 2mo ago
  Everyone makes fun of #1 for good reason, but #2 and #3 were actually reasonable objections at the time.
- suslik 2mo ago
  https://zedshaw.com/blog/2018-03-25-the-billionaires-vs-brandonm/ https://zedshaw.com/blog/2018-03-25-the-billionaires-vs-bran...
jorams 2mo ago
Box.net launched first, but they didn't introduce file synchronization, the core value proposition of Dropbox, until mid 2010.