[wplug] [OT] Misc: Barracuda Networks alternative to Dropbox

Brian Makin merimus at gmail.com
Tue May 21 10:56:21 EDT 2013


Depending on what you want http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahoe-LAFS is worth
a look


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Martin James Gehrke
<martin at teamgehrke.com>wrote:

> http://owncloud.org/ <http://owncloud.org/features/> allows you to set up
> you own "cloud"
>
> My complaint is it really isn't a cloud as you can't have multiple copies
> on servers, it thinks it is a cloud because it can be accessed from any
> device.
>
> "So that ownCloud justifies the term
> *cloud<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing>
> *, synchronization between different ownCloud servers is being worked on."
>
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Kevin Dunn <supkdunn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am finding btsync to be quite awesome .
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Justin Smith <justin at js-wordsmith.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Unfortunately, there aren’t any open alternatives to Dropbox worth
> > > mentioning. OwnCloud
> > > is the only one with any traction, and its latest version is an
> absolute
> > > mess.
> > >
> > > OwnCloud's extensions are nice, though. I was able to set up a Mozllla
> > > Sync server with
> > > one click. I also run a CardDAV & CalDAV server for my Android devices.
> > >
> > > --
> > > *Justin S. Smith*
> > > Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
> > > http://www.wplug.org[1]
> > >
> > > "Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work
> > > done."
> > > -Linus Torvalds
> > >
> > >
> > > > There's (yet another) contender with Dropbox (e.g., Box, Ubuntu One)
> > and
> > > > this one is going to be my new primary.  Copy, from Barracuda
> networks.
> > > >
> > > > 15gb free and 5gb bonus if you use this link [
> > > https://copy.com?r=eFvgxV  ]
> > > > (Full disclosure:  I'll get a 5gb bonus also)
> > > >
> > > > Linux friendly -- but doesn't seem to be open. :(  Though, the
> tarball
> > > > comes with a CLI-only version and there's a RESTful JSON API using
> > OAuth.
> > > > =D
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