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DIY Dropbox Alternatives

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-quite-as-parent-friendly dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Dropbox was a service that many techies fell in love with, only to be disappointed when they found out about its dodgy security and dubious copyright claims. The company's tried to make amends — but what other options are there for those who have had enough? While there's nothing quite as seamless out there, it's not difficult to build your own Dropbox alternatives from freely available software and services from other vendors."

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  1. Is using another third party service by Neil_Brown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    really "building your own" solution?

    I appreciate that one could argue that using software you haven't written yourself shouldn't count, but putting something together with a Linux box running Apache, WebDAV and various other things seems more "building your own" than simply using an existing third party alternative, as the article recommends.

    1. Re:Is using another third party service by Neil_Brown · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If that is "building your own", I guess I can say proudly that I built my own washing machine, in that I bought a washing machine, put it in place, plumbed it in and switched it on...

    2. Re:Is using another third party service by somersault · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, that is kind of how things work. The person in charge takes the credit. I wouldn't use the turn of phrase myself, but I can imagine some people doing it. Like the general of an army boasting about how he defeated some opposing army, when in fact it was his men that did all the hard work.

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      which is totally what she said
  2. That's not DIY! by Robert+Zenz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    DIY stand for Do-It-Yourself...installing other third-party-applications which are doing the same does not count as DIY!