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I agree, but anything Dropbox can do, Amazon can do too, including dedupe. And if Amazon owns the disks, they get to benefit from Dropbox's usage in terms of ec
by btgeekboy 14y ago
I agree, but anything Dropbox can do, Amazon can do too, including dedupe. And if Amazon owns the disks, they get to benefit from Dropbox's usage in terms of economies of scale, but without having to pay an outside vendor for the privilege.
- jasonzemos 14y agoExcept Amazon can't dedupe what dropbox has already deduped. It's hard to tell if they're really an ideal customer.
- btgeekboy 14y agoTo be clear, I meant that Amazon can dedupe what is uploaded through their Dropbox competitor, vs. the ability to dedupe Dropbox's data as it hits S3.