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24 points by jstreebin 13y ago

EasyPost (YC S13) was

t0 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
- hashtree 13y ago
  I find the comments extremely interesting given DropBox's fate to date.
  - kibibu 13y ago
    My favourite: 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. I snorted audibly when I imagined explaining this approach to my non-techie colleagues.
    - yen223 13y ago
      Another gem: This looks like a good competitor for Google"s "GDrive"
  - soneca 13y ago
    And, in my case, it did actually replaced my USB drive 99% of its uses. The only time in the last 2 years that I used it was to go to print some PPT on a printing shop, as I don't have a printer at home. And I had to search the whole house to find my USB driver (which was lost on an old backpack).
- jathu 13y ago
  Oh wow. I love little historic things like this. Hopefully, it never goes away.
codegeek 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3864615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3864615
chadkruse 13y ago
PHPfog/AppFog credits an HN post for their start: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1414560 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1414560 “I was hacking around with some code seeing if I could create something useful for my PHP programmer friends,” said Lucas Carlson, founder of PHP Fog. “I got a prototype working to prove that it’s possible. Then I put a landing page up that described the promise of PHP Fog. A single link on Hacker News went up the next day and 800 people signed up for what I built. That was the day I knew I had to go all in.” http://siliconflorist.com/2011/01/11/portland-funding-cloudy-foggy-madrona-leads-18-million-investment-php-fog/ http://siliconflorist.com/2011/01/11/portland-funding-cloudy...

24 points by jstreebin 13y ago

EasyPost (YC S13) was

t0 13y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

hashtree 13y ago
I find the comments extremely interesting given DropBox's fate to date.
- kibibu 13y ago
  My favourite: 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. I snorted audibly when I imagined explaining this approach to my non-techie colleagues.
  - yen223 13y ago
    Another gem: This looks like a good competitor for Google"s "GDrive"
- soneca 13y ago
  And, in my case, it did actually replaced my USB drive 99% of its uses. The only time in the last 2 years that I used it was to go to print some PPT on a printing shop, as I don't have a printer at home. And I had to search the whole house to find my USB driver (which was lost on an old backpack).
jathu 13y ago
Oh wow. I love little historic things like this. Hopefully, it never goes away.

codegeek 13y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3864615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3864615

chadkruse 13y ago

PHPfog/AppFog credits an HN post for their start: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1414560 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1414560 “I was hacking around with some code seeing if I could create something useful for my PHP programmer friends,” said Lucas Carlson, founder of PHP Fog. “I got a prototype working to prove that it’s possible. Then I put a landing page up that described the promise of PHP Fog. A single link on Hacker News went up the next day and 800 people signed up for what I built. That was the day I knew I had to go all in.” http://siliconflorist.com/2011/01/11/portland-funding-cloudy-foggy-madrona-leads-18-million-investment-php-fog/ http://siliconflorist.com/2011/01/11/portland-funding-cloudy...