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vDesktop
11y ago
Sorry I had also meant to say that Dropbox is going to start providing a basic SLA and some form of insurance coverage for their users, they have no other choice and know that if their customers wake up to the fact that they are holding the
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vDesktop
11y ago
I can tell you where I think Dropbox is going. I believe that the time of cloud providers like Dropbox raking in profits, whilst accepting absolutely none of the liability is coming to an end. Right now Dropbox has tens of millions of its c
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vDesktop
11y ago
Seriously though, somebody ask us a question we do not know the answer to. Why do you think I am here?
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vDesktop
11y ago
That’s a great question, its one we struggled with for months and we are still refining the details of the future offering. The short answer is that compensation will be initially capped to a predetermined level, at least at first, because
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vDesktop
11y ago
The difference being that cloud insurance will actually compensate you if the worst happens. Right now, the most an SLA will give you is service credits. Its a problem. When things go wrong and your customers get hurt, you should be doing
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vDesktop
11y ago
For those interested, I post on Medium about this subject about why I think this is the most important conversation in cloud computing right now, it will provide context. https://medium.com/@guisebule/dropbox-box-887adf
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vDesktop
11y ago
Hi there, co-founder @guisebule reporting in! It is absolutely real and I personally believe that the lack of cloud insurance in the cloud computing world is a scandal waiting to happen. Dropbox and Box have tens of millions of customers b
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vDesktop
11y ago
How do you even begin to quantify the contents of somebodies personal Dropbox folder full of junk ?
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vDesktop
15y ago
Yeah, attention to detail is important :)
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vDesktop
15y ago
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
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15y ago
Guise Bule here ! Am just about to begin an IAmA on reddit if you fancy joining me there : http://bit.ly/redditor Or follow my updates on twitter about this : https://twitter.com/#!/Guise_Bule OR go read my blog post : http://bit.ly/Mi