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And here I was thinking it was about the collapse of the Internet should another World War were to break out... Isn't the take away from the Google Reader et a

by afreak 14y ago

And here I was thinking it was about the collapse of the Internet should another World War were to break out... Isn't the take away from the Google Reader et al issues is that we shouldn't leave our eggs in a single basket? And that we're better off not putting our faith in a single free service to do our bidding?

edent 14y ago
I think, to torturously extend the metaphor, that we shouldn't be putting eggs in any baskets - we should keep our own hens. Of course, you're still at risk that your hosting provider could die, or your ISP could break etc.
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  Not happening, for reasons similar to why we no longer keep our own hens. Besides, putting aside questions of hassle, the majority of folks would be unable to keep hens half as good as what is currently provided to them.
- TheCowboy 14y ago
  I don't think I'd recommend rsync as a replacement for Dropbox, as rsync isn't as elegant and doesn't replicate the functionality of Dropbox. (I use and like both tools.) You might consider also recommending Unison as a Dropbox alternative rather than rsync. Unison is probably better at multiway synchronization.
  - edent 14y ago
    Interesting. I thought Unison wasn't actively supported any more? It does look like the better choice - although lacking in Android / iOS implementations from what I see.
    - TheCowboy 14y ago
      I think it's supported, as there were updates for it last year, but just not actively developed. The developers are working on another project called Boomerang that's supposed to replace it(maybe?), but which hasn't seen an update in years last I checked.
  - npsimons 14y ago
    There's also Git-Annex assistant: http://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ http://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/
npsimons 14y ago
Too true! But in this case, people were putting their eggs in a basket held by Google; they could hold the basket themselves, even though it would then still be one basket.

by afreak 14y ago

edent 14y ago

I think, to torturously extend the metaphor, that we shouldn't be putting eggs in any baskets - we should keep our own hens. Of course, you're still at risk that your hosting provider could die, or your ISP could break etc.

sliverstorm 14y ago
Not happening, for reasons similar to why we no longer keep our own hens. Besides, putting aside questions of hassle, the majority of folks would be unable to keep hens half as good as what is currently provided to them.
TheCowboy 14y ago
I don't think I'd recommend rsync as a replacement for Dropbox, as rsync isn't as elegant and doesn't replicate the functionality of Dropbox. (I use and like both tools.) You might consider also recommending Unison as a Dropbox alternative rather than rsync. Unison is probably better at multiway synchronization.
- edent 14y ago
  Interesting. I thought Unison wasn't actively supported any more? It does look like the better choice - although lacking in Android / iOS implementations from what I see.
  - TheCowboy 14y ago
    I think it's supported, as there were updates for it last year, but just not actively developed. The developers are working on another project called Boomerang that's supposed to replace it(maybe?), but which hasn't seen an update in years last I checked.
- npsimons 14y ago
  There's also Git-Annex assistant: http://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ http://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/

npsimons 14y ago

Too true! But in this case, people were putting their eggs in a basket held by Google; they could hold the basket themselves, even though it would then still be one basket.