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We need a plugin that automatically encrypts everything before it goes to the cloud and then decrypts it when we download. So when the subpoena start to rain our data is safe regardless of what Microsoft or Dropbox are forced to do by the gov
for those that took the point: I meant an extra level of encryption, just in case there's a backdoor on the default one.
Anyone coming up with a personal equivalent to Dropbox? as in same simple interface, but storage is a multi-terabyte box at your home/office (instead of a few gigabytes "out there")?
We need a plugin that automatically encrypts everything before it goes to the cloud and then decrypts it when we download. So when the subpoena start to rain our data is safe regardless of what Microsoft or Dropbox are forced to do by the gov
Microsoft has an app for Windows and for Mac OS X that integrates SkyDrive with the local OS So, no Linux? Then SkyDrive is no threat to Dropbox, at least to my household.
(cID can be found in most SkyDrive URLs).
Microsoft has an app for Windows and for Mac OS X that integrates SkyDrive with the local OS So, no Linux? Then SkyDrive is no threat to Dropbox, at least to my household.
When I last tried, any client can access SkyDrive over WebDAV using http://d.docs.live.net/{cID} (cID can be found in most SkyDrive URLs).
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for those that took the point: I meant an extra level of encryption, just in case there's a backdoor on the default one.
Keeping a truecrypt container (with built-in hidden container, naturally) synched with dropbox is quite easy.
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You have it backwards. SkyDrive won't sell more copies of office, it's office that will sell more subscriptions of SkyDrive.
Not really - my point is that SkyDrive adds nothing to Microsoft's strategy. It won't really sell large numbers of Office, and the fact that less than 1% of people use more than 7gb (the free tier) means that it will make very little money overall. Office will certainly sell subscriptions of SkyDrive, but they'll be free subscriptions mostly and the people won't really care about it. It doesn't make the core product…
I think you may be discounting businesses that actually purchase a lot of Office licences. SkyDrive can be a way of providing file-syncing and sharing that's 'good-enough' for their employees/company. (edit: by which I mean it's a valid strategy to try and protect your turf).
I can see an analogy here with Sharepoint. My (limited) experiences with Sharepoint have been annoying and tedious yet the fact that it integrates with existing MS products and is 'good-enough' has made it very successful for Microsoft [1]. I'm not trying to suggest that SkyDrive could be a $1b business but that we shouldn't write it off so quickly.
[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-billion-dollar-bus...
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trendy Microsoft bashing I've noticed an uptick of the "poor maligned Microsoft" angle lately. It is a boorish tactic to neuter counterpoints (essentially the yang of the "fanboy!" rallying cry). I would argue that many Microsoft products get a pass they would not get from any other company. I tried Skydrive with OneNote, imagining a world of integration and usability. It was a horrible failure, not least because Sky…
>I've noticed an uptick of the "poor maligned Microsoft" angle lately. It is a boorish tactic to neuter counterpoints (essentially the yang of the "fanboy!" rallying cry). There are a bunch of MS haters around, even on HN. For example, Microsoft watcher and insider Paul Thurrott's site http://winsupersite.com is hellbanned on HN(banned from even appearing on the new page), most probably due to excessive flagging from…
I don't know what the story is with Thurrott. Because of the banning, it sounds like a special case that the mods of HN have ultimately decided on, not just the users. So I'm ok with believing that it's not just a story about factions and groupthink.