I love how Dropbox has a client for both Windows and Ubuntu. I use it all the time.
That said, I wouldn't pay for this service.
Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
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Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#12i use dropbox all the time, it's great. glad to see them doing well.
Same here. I set up a dropbox for every team I work with. I think the idea of using a dropbox rather than focusing on syncing computer folders like what sugarsync does will reduce the fear of some people in uploading their folder contents. Dropbox being a folder by itself give people that sense of security and also it's a lot easier to explain!
Yup. I use dropbox every day, and yet I never think about it. Hallmark of something that "just works".
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#13I love how Dropbox has a client for both Windows and Ubuntu. I use it all the time. That said, I wouldn't pay for this service.
In my opinion, that's a pretty shallow statement to make considering your usage and the amount of time that has gone into such sweet product.
I'm a little sick of the whole freemium mentality TBH. Maybe I'm missing something re: the 'long tail' that very few ever reach.
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#14There was a point where Dropbox was our very own SVN =)
My immediate reaction, having never heard of Dropbox, was "why not just use SVN".
What I love about Dropbox is that you don't have to check in/check out every time you make the slightest change. The versioning is implicit, which is the way it should be for most personal files (although it would be a disaster for SCM).
I've been using Dropbox to sync shell configuration files across several (4+) machines and it's a dream come true. I now have versioned bashrc files, my vim plugins, on every machine.
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#15dropbox is my favorite YC company.
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#16I love how Dropbox has a client for both Windows and Ubuntu. I use it all the time. That said, I wouldn't pay for this service.
I will pay for the service, but only after I've exhausted my X free gigabytes. I'm extending that as far as I can by referring people, and thus getting 250MB more free space for each referral.
If you haven't signed up yet, use my referral link, and you'll get 250MB extra free too :-)
https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTQ4MjgzNjk
PS: Thanks to whoever did use the link :-) I now have 4.5GB :-)
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#17I love how Dropbox has a client for both Windows and Ubuntu. I use it all the time. That said, I wouldn't pay for this service.
In my opinion, that's a pretty shallow statement to make considering your usage and the amount of time that has gone into such sweet product. I'm a little sick of the whole freemium mentality TBH. Maybe I'm missing something re: the 'long tail' that very few ever reach.
People don't pay proportional to the effort involved. If they did, you'd be able to charge a few hundred $ for an Ubuntu install CD. But you can't.
Even if you provide an extremely useful service, people may still not be willing to pay for it.
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#18Does this include traffic to the web interface?
It's under the same domain, so probably, yes.
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#19As much as I like DropBox, you have to take dl.getdropbox.com out of the equation to get an accurate comparison, because dl is used for sharing files with third parties and even hosting files on the web.
Re: Congrats, Dropbox (YC S07)
#20I'm not a heavy Dropbox user. But I'm pretty happy that it makes my life really easy at times.