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This is turning into a running gag. It's not like this is rocket science. Google has their client on Windows, Mac, and Android, while Dropbox is available for .

• BenTheElder 12y ago
  Small note: Dropbox has android/iOS/web as well and Drive has web/iOS. As for the market, that includes a lot of their own employees does it not? Edit: Not to say that there is a big market or that this would dictate what their priorities are, just saying I'm sure even some googlers would like drive to work well on Linux.
  • diminoten 12y ago
    I'd bet that the majority of engineers at Google use OS X.
    • BenTheElder 12y ago
      This might be true but I imagine at least some of their employees use Linux and would like to use drive from Linux.
    • GauntletWizard 12y ago
      All of google's backend code is written on Linux desktops. OSX is common for laptops, but real code isn't permitted to touch their drives.
      • what_ever 12y ago
        > but real code isn't permitted to touch their drives Do you mean one is not allowed to check out the code on OSX and sync to the dev/linux box?
        • Psyonic 12y ago
          When I was there, that's exactly how it worked. Obviously not the case if you were doing OSX or iPhone dev, but otherwise no code on your laptop.
      • diminoten 12y ago
        That's a security rule, not an anti-OS X rule. I still bet that the majority of engineers at Google use OS X on their primary laptops (and they still wouldn't be allowed to put the code on their laptops, even if the laptops were Linux).
• suby 12y ago
  Dropbox is also available for Android, and I believe iOS as well.
• giancarlostoro 12y ago
  Linux client isn't the best, doesn't work well with KDE.
  • jbob2000 12y ago
    And this is why Google won't spend time on Linux. There's always someone pointing out that it doesn't work with their flavour.