Dropbox is in your Office • Hacker News Board

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by ape4 » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:01 PM UTC

So they are just using the Dropbox API like anyone else can do?

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

#12

Post by us0r » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:03 PM UTC

I wonder if this is an exclusive deal (no Google Apps).

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

#13

Post by cwyers » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

stangeek wrote: post #6

To me this sounds very much like "Microsoft is buying Dropbox in the next 6 months"...

What would Microsoft want Dropbox for? They don't have any infrastructure Microsoft would want (MS runs Azure, while Dropbox just rents off AWS), Microsoft has OneDrive clients for most of the platforms Dropbox is on... it doesn't seem to me that Dropbox has anything Microsoft can't just add to their own service.

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by carlmcqueen » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:05 PM UTC

I think this is wonderful news.

I'm really tired of having multiple cloud accounts for different types of media. Getting files between the different versions requires me stopping at a desktop to move to the desktop and then back up.

At least this gets rid of one of those steps. Now I just wish there were a way to take xlsx's from dropbox on the iphone and send it to my work email without it coming as a shared link. I work in a locked down, regulated environment that can't open dropbox links. (finance)

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by seshakiran » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:05 PM UTC

Good move. Will we see Dropbox part of MS soon?

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by jstalin » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:06 PM UTC

This only seems to be integration with Office web and mobile apps. I don't see integration with Office desktop apps.

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by johansch » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:06 PM UTC

cwyers wrote: post #13

stangeek wrote: post #6

To me this sounds very much like "Microsoft is buying Dropbox in the next 6 months"...

What would Microsoft want Dropbox for? They don't have any infrastructure Microsoft would want (MS runs Azure, while Dropbox just rents off AWS), Microsoft has OneDrive clients for most of the platforms Dropbox is on... it doesn't seem to me that Dropbox has anything Microsoft can't just add to their own service.

Users and paying customers?

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by ryanhunt » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:07 PM UTC

cwyers wrote: post #13

stangeek wrote: post #6

To me this sounds very much like "Microsoft is buying Dropbox in the next 6 months"...

What would Microsoft want Dropbox for? They don't have any infrastructure Microsoft would want (MS runs Azure, while Dropbox just rents off AWS), Microsoft has OneDrive clients for most of the platforms Dropbox is on... it doesn't seem to me that Dropbox has anything Microsoft can't just add to their own service.

1. Market reach, it's where the customers are. Compare the sheer number of apps that have native Dropbox integration, with those that have OneDrive. While it's far from scientific, nearly everyone I know has a Dropbox account - very few have a OneDrive account.

2. It makes their own OneDrive service seem even more competitive. Why pay for Dropbox when you can buy Office365 for about the same price and get unlimited storage?

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by ryanhunt » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:09 PM UTC

This is great news! Although I imagine this will complicate things for those organisations that block access to Dropbox :)

Re: Dropbox is in your Office

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Post by jostmey » Tue, Nov 04, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

Does this increase the chances that Microsoft will try to buy Dropbox in the future?