[chmike]

For me Java is a no no because of all the update and security problems with it. Beside it isn't a lightweight and fast platform. I know many people that waisted a lot of time with Java software upgrading problems because of broken backward compatibility.

The other problem is the pricing model. If I host everything and use my own bandwidth, what do I pay for ? Software development and upgrade ? This is very expensive for a user with a non profit activity who just want to stay in control with its own data.

[notimetorelax]

As far as I understand there's no need to pay if you don't use the teams feature or don't have external collaborators.

Java seems to be a nice way to provide consistent experience across different platforms, I don't even want to think of installing OwnCloud on Windows. And with OwnCloud I'm even more concerned about security as it's written on PHP, but I may be biased here.

[kayoone]

Even with Java this is miles more secure than something like Dropbox or other Cloud Storage where you host all your data on someones elses server. So yeah, Java as a technology choice might not be perfect but which other tech is flawless anyway ? Id argue that properly securing your servers/clients is a much bigger problem than someone exploiting the AeroFS software.

Pricing is for Teams only which makes sense, for everyone (teams of up to 3) its free, which is awesome!

[chmike]

Thank you for the princing clarification. I missed that, my bad.