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"iCloud is never going to be on Windows" The same was said about iTunes, but it eventually appeared there. It wouldn't surprise me if more aspects of iCloud eventually appear on Windows.
iCloud is available on Windows - https://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html
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I still remember that as well. They wanted to get rid of the whole "file" concept, as in a single isolated opaque blob of data. They thought it is an outdated concept in today's interconnected age. Although there is some truth in that, personally I don't think locking data in cloud-based silos is any better than locking it locally in proprietary data formats. If anything, it is a further step backward. For example: D…
Can you import/export it losslessly? I don't think so. Apparently not: my students occasionally use Google Docs to get papers from their computers to printers in the library (or vice-versa), and the formatting of their papers constantly gets fucked up. When I see weirdly formatted papers, the students almost always blame Google Docs. Granted, I don't know if that's because the students don't know what they're doing o…
We build a Google Docs to InDesign linking product (http://emsoftware.com/products/docsflow/), and there's lossage/lack-of-direct-mapping when converting both from Word to Docs, and then from Docs to anything else (HTML, ODF, etc.).
What is interesting to me is when this got posted several weeks ago, an admin/mod deleted it off HN.
I still learn a lot from this site, so I don't really mind. Although I wish it would be different.
At least they are motivated to maintain it well!
> (pronounced like the New York City street, not the Texas city) What does that mean in non-US-English?
Houston the NYC street is pronounced "How-ston" whereas Houston the Texas city is pronounced "Hew-ston".
I love Dropbox, but Jobs is right -- they are a feature, not a product. They will be relevant up to the point where operating systems simply makes their functionality a native element of their file system. At least Drew is wise to the fact that they could become an also-ran, so it's not like this will happen to them overnight.
At which point, they become a service. This is admittedly a wide-eyed optimist ideal, but I would picture most OS' adding basically a "Cloud storage" drive option that allows the user to mount any cloud storage service like a physical hard drive. The "driver" would be the interface protocol between the service and the user, and it would allow the various OS' to use the cloud storage as an additional, fully functional drive.
It probably won't happen until the next round of antitrust hearings against everyone(Apple, MS, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.), though...
I love Dropbox, but Jobs is right -- they are a feature, not a product. They will be relevant up to the point where operating systems simply makes their functionality a native element of their file system. At least Drew is wise to the fact that they could become an also-ran, so it's not like this will happen to them overnight.
Operating systems we run Dropbox on at my house: Ubuntu, OSX, iOS, Windows, Blackberry 5. Someday they may all have Dropbox-like functionality built in, and someday after that they may interoperate. Dropbox can stay in their current business a long time regardless.
Before anybody jumps on me- Yes. Tonido does support all the OSes- Windows, Mac and Linux. They have mobile apps for all the popular mobile platforms - iOS, Android, Win 7 and Blackberry. It also works on ARM powered NAS devices and supports webdav as well.
In short, one can use their mac mini or home pc as sync server or buy one of those plug devices (http://www.tonidoplug.com) that runs 24/7 consuming just 1 watt/hr.
"Houston cut Jobs’ pitch short: He was determined to build a big company, he said, and wasn’t selling, no matter the status of the bidder" Props to Drew. I don't think many other entrepreneurs would've been as zealous and decline such an offer.
That kind of money, Drew's payout would have been substantial, enough to bankroll any project he could dream of (or live comfortably forever).
He must really believe in what he's doing.
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"iCloud is never going to be on Windows" The same was said about iTunes, but it eventually appeared there. It wouldn't surprise me if more aspects of iCloud eventually appear on Windows.
iCloud is available on Windows - https://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html
What is interesting to me is when this got posted several weeks ago, an admin/mod deleted it off HN.
The main purpose of this site is to promote YC backed startups (same as TechCrunch). I still learn a lot from this site, so I don't really mind. Although I wish it would be different. At least they are motivated to maintain it well!
A) Wrong
B) Ridiculous
I love Dropbox, but Jobs is right -- they are a feature, not a product. They will be relevant up to the point where operating systems simply makes their functionality a native element of their file system. At least Drew is wise to the fact that they could become an also-ran, so it's not like this will happen to them overnight.
Operating systems we run Dropbox on at my house: Ubuntu, OSX, iOS, Windows, Blackberry 5. Someday they may all have Dropbox-like functionality built in, and someday after that they may interoperate. Dropbox can stay in their current business a long time regardless.