Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
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Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#2Anywhere else reporting this story? Chip Hazard doesnt exactly seem credible.
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#3When I heard that Dropbox had raised a very large round, my first thought was that Apple or MSFT was trying to buy them up, since both are trying to kick-start their cloud storage offerings.
IMHO, its too bad, since I would of really loved to have seen Dropbox more tightly integrated into iOS. (iCloud will be and it might be my replacement for Dropbox). Though for sharing, I don't think iCloud will have those features for a while.
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#4What exactly does dropbox offer that apple's iCloud won't bring to the table? (not to criticize dropbox, but it would seem relatively easy for apple to replicate)
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#5What exactly does dropbox offer that apple's iCloud won't bring to the table? (not to criticize dropbox, but it would seem relatively easy for apple to replicate)
Their folder sharing?
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#6Dropbox would really not be a good fit for Apple anyways. I can't see Apple allowing them to continue offering their current product, considering that (a) Apple likes to brand things as Apple, (b) they are very focused on cross-platform capability, which includes Apple's primary competitors of Windows, Linux, Android, and BlackBerry, and (c) Apple's vision for iCloud is quite different than what Dropbox offers (though it may not be too different than what Dropbox dreams of).
More likely, if Apple had acquired Dropbox it would be to funnel Dropbox's talent off to the iCloud team and let Dropbox itself wither away, in which case it was very wise of Dropbox to refuse.
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#7I'm somewhat disappointed, personally. One really impressive thing about Apple has been their restraint in purchasing companies. It just seems like so many of their competitors acquire for the oddest reasons. Dropbox, while a solid product, does not strike me as something Apple couldn't pull off on its own.
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#8Look towards the end. They claim Dropbox has received $4 billion in a recent round of funding.
Don't think they have a clue what's going on.
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#9"After having gained around $4 billion in a round of funding" haha a _little_ typo there. I'm waiting for a real news outlet to announce this rumour.
Re: Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses
#10Anywhere else reporting this story? Chip Hazard doesnt exactly seem credible.
Agreed. Phrases like "Dropbox has many client softwares..." and "A very handsome revenue..." don't exactly fill me with confidence about the author of this piece.