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by margalabargala 285 days ago
Not only that, but also for a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem.

They won't last.

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I got that reference. Don’t worry king
the company lost $500 million last year, it's possible that comment might still be correct
90% of people misunderstand that comment entirely. It was about the value proposition of Dropbox as of early 2007 (and also about the specific announcement!) and their long-term profitability, if anything.