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For me, the fact that Microsoft worked directly with the FBI to integrate OneDrive into PRISM makes the whole product something I would never touch, so it's great to see alternatives picking up the slack. http://cryptome.org/2014/11/ms-onedrive-nsa-prism.htm
For me, the fact that Microsoft worked directly with the FBI to integrate OneDrive into PRISM makes the whole product something I would never touch, so it's great to see alternatives picking up the slack. http://cryptome.org/2014/11/ms-onedrive-nsa-prism.htm
So, how long until Microsoft buys Dropbox? Seems kind of strange that they would not be integrating OneDrive into Office rather than Dropbox.
My hope is that will never happend. It's just hope. Since FoxPro many years ago, there is not a single acquisition by Microsoft that turned in a great product or an improvement to the end user (please, include in this scope Groove Networks, whichi was great at that time).
Plenty of FoxPro stuff ended up in SQL Server. Client cursor engine is the first thing that comes to mind (RDO, too, IIRC). The product itself was allowed to languish, but the good parts went into other things.
But for the most part I'd say you're spot on. I can't think of anything else that ultimately went on better things under Microsoft's flag, or benefited other products with the acquired product's technology.
So they're reading the files in Dropbox and its contents to know they're Office documents?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would they feel bad? They probably want to have a successful product not because the user has no option but for its own merits.
Try that line on Bill Gates in his prime.
For me, the fact that Microsoft worked directly with the FBI to integrate OneDrive into PRISM makes the whole product something I would never touch, so it's great to see alternatives picking up the slack. http://cryptome.org/2014/11/ms-onedrive-nsa-prism.htm
... and I have to ask: do they have any choice? Can you say no to the national security state? If I were in charge of a company with employees who have families and fiscal responsibilities, I can't say that I could. I'm sure any request from those quarters comes with an implied "we wouldn't want anything bad to happen to your company, now would we?"
The only way I can imagine a company saying no is if it were privately held and the largest investors were on board, and most of these companies are public. Being public makes you subject to all kinds of "soft power."
"Dropbox is home to over 35 billion Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations." So they're reading the files in Dropbox and its contents to know they're Office documents?
"Dropbox is home to over 35 billion Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations." So they're reading the files in Dropbox and its contents to know they're Office documents?
How do you think they generate thumbnails and such?.
So, how long until Microsoft buys Dropbox? Seems kind of strange that they would not be integrating OneDrive into Office rather than Dropbox.