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The author starts by tearing down a straw-man. Fred Wilson wasn't predicting the end of "file systems". He was saying people go to the cloud to consume content
by unreal37 12y ago
The author starts by tearing down a straw-man. Fred Wilson wasn't predicting the end of "file systems". He was saying people go to the cloud to consume content (Netflix, Youtube, Spotify) and go to the cloud to create content (Google Drive, Office 360, Soundcloud, etc). And they don't need to concern themselves with files.
Fred Wilson is a smart guy, and knows that even iOS, Android, etc run on file systems.
I disagree files are dead too. But file systems is clearly not what he was talking about.
- davidw 12y agoHe does go on to admit this, more or less, in the article. So Fred Wilson remains right, and there's not much to see here, IMO.
- unreal37 12y agoI agree. But the headline is "Why Fred Wilson is wrong". And the main argument is not something he said.
- whyleyc 12y agoAuthor here - I tried to keep "on topic" and constrain myself to files, but you're right I did drift into filesystems too which probably wasn't helpful. I think the core argument still holds though - which is that some people (Fred included ?) see files dying out as inevitable, whereas I'm not sure that's true (for the various reasons I cite).