Just when I wanted to learn more about the project, it appears to be down :(
Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
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Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#22Even though it would be cool, I think that the situation is similar to Diaspora/Facebook, i.e. end users won't run their own servers and it would not be profitable for third parties to run them either.
This comment tugs at me.
"end users won't run their own servers"
The reason it tugs at me is because I can't tell if it is because they don't want to, or that they can't.
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#23Hmmm, never heard of it. I think to defeat Picasa and Flickr, first, it has to actually be known about... The reasons given in the article are well, nice enough features, but they're absolutely not enough to guarantee success or domination... not even close. Major success is of course extremely fickle; it's not just major features that are important but all sorts of incidental stuff. In many cases, much of this comes…
Same here, never heard of them. Don't really see anything in the article that could somehow get their name to the huge masses of people who know Facebook, and maybe Flickr, and don't really hunt around for advanced options. Instagram at least had the public feeds and following and some sort of way for it to spread. You can't win this by building a better photo tool alone.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#24Even though it would be cool, I think that the situation is similar to Diaspora/Facebook, i.e. end users won't run their own servers and it would not be profitable for third parties to run them either.
This comment tugs at me. "end users won't run their own servers" The reason it tugs at me is because I can't tell if it is because they don't want to, or that they can't .
End users probably won't, but it would be a good place for organizations to investigate. You know, the ones with IT staff and technology budgets.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#25Even though it would be cool, I think that the situation is similar to Diaspora/Facebook, i.e. end users won't run their own servers and it would not be profitable for third parties to run them either.
This comment tugs at me. "end users won't run their own servers" The reason it tugs at me is because I can't tell if it is because they don't want to, or that they can't .
I mean can you imagine say a high schooler having to maintain a server running their facebook profile?
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#26I'm the founder of the project. Benjamin is one of our community managers and I'm glad he wrote this. The value of OpenPhoto differs for many people. Benjamin stated why he uses it and even volunteers his time to help make it successful. What I'm focusing on is making it easy and useful for people to regain control and peace of mind that all their photos are safe, in one spot and enjoyable. We are doing this a few di…
What's the cost of the hosted pro version?
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#27Just when I wanted to learn more about the project, it appears to be down :( http://theopenphotoproject.org/
Yep seems to be down
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#28If you have been living in a cave for the past few months... I want to stop reading right here.
Sounds like a euphemism
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#29The problem with things like this is that it's doubtful whether this product will be ten times better than the alternatives, which is how much better it needs to be if it wants to displace the entrenched players, which already enjoy some lock-in through 3rd party integration. Simply offering a cheaper and open source alternative or a free alternative that requires somebody to link it up with Dropbox doesn't cut it. There has to be a killer feature, in my opinion.
Your average user will initially shop around for a service, stick with the one they find, and stop then simply stop considering alternatives unless the alternative is simply amazing or all their friends are using it.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
It may say unlimited, but only a fool would believe it. How many photos do you have uploaded anyway? Also, good luck dowloading your whole photo collection from Flickr.
Here's one datapoint: I have 652,082 images in my account, and have downloaded my entire library a number of times using different 3rd party utilities. Haven't ever had an issue.
Even as someone who can shoot 1,000 shots in a day for a wedding easily... mind sharing, what/how you have over half a million shots of?