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Since you're nitpicking, I'll just point out that both formulations actually have the same meaning. There's nothing (not even an implication) in the first quote
by jonathansizz 13y ago
Since you're nitpicking, I'll just point out that both formulations actually have the same meaning. There's nothing (not even an implication) in the first quoted sentence that suggests that Dropbox is younger than its competitors.
'Competing with' and 'facing competition from' are exact equivalents.
- venomsnake 13y agoI read "facing competition from" as being the incumbent and getting a challenge. And "Competing with" all are on equal basis.
- codex 13y agoDo you have any numbers to suggest that Dropbox usage is higher than Google or Microsoft or iCloud?
- venomsnake 13y agoNo ... I was just commenting on the linguistic part whether the two phrases mean the same. I moderately don't give a frak about the services due to my irrational, passionate and relentless hatred for everything cloud related. (I love the underlying technologies, I just hate the feudal model of a foreign service holding your data hostage)
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- ultramundane828 13y agoThis irks me because of the absolutism in the writing voice. But I'm sure you'd say there is no absolutism present (not even an implication). Let's leave the linguistic criticisms on this one to Frege and Russell please. I can interpret the phrasing in both your terms and in the previous commenter's terms quite easily.