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| From | Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage |
| Date | 2014-04-02 21:53 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mu9u0b-18l.ln1@squidward.local.dionic.net> (permalink) |
| References | <20140402160138.c9e5a3ed.rsw@therandymon.com> <7jqt0b-31g.ln1@squidward.local.dionic.net> <fh1u0b-mg72.ln1@news.chingola.ch> |
On 02/04/14 19:29, Paul Sture wrote: > On 2014-04-02, Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> wrote: >> On 02/04/14 17:01, RS Wood wrote: >>> Was nice while it lasted. >>> http://blog.canonical.com/2014/04/02/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services/ >>> >>> There's a moral here: don't rely on cloud storage. Providers come and >>> go. Dropboxers: you'll get your day too! >>> >> >> +1. The amount of coming and going of .com "cloud" services is >> astounding. If you aren't paying, beware and expect nothing... > > It's rather like savings accounts, credit card offers and insurance. On > those you get the sweet deals when you join but they aren't competitive > for "Loyal" customers - you've go to be prepared to keep moving on. > Yes. But the main difference is money has a universal common API and the external interfaces of the myriad accounts are all compatible. That's rather the opposite of most cloud services beyond basic file storage (eg Dropbox) and maybe calendaring systems (just, if you are lucky). eg if Facebook goes tits up how easy would it be to rescue your content?
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Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-02 16:01 +0000
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@hushmail.com> - 2014-04-02 11:10 -0500
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-02 18:55 +0000
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@hushmail.com> - 2014-04-02 14:08 -0500
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-04-02 17:31 +0100
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-02 20:29 +0200
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-04-02 21:53 +0100
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-04-02 15:09 -0700
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-04-03 12:56 -0700
Re: Canonical giving up on Ubuntu One cloud storage Shelikhoo <xiaokangwang@outlook.com> - 2014-04-03 11:37 +0000
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