Re: Dropbox question

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From: Cydrome Leader
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Kristian M Zoerhoff <kmz@lavabit.com> wrote:
> On 2012-09-06 15:49, Mark Anderson wrote:
>> In article presence@MUNGEpanix.com says...
>>>> None of this is rocket science.  Perhaps some patent troll got a patent 
>>>> on the functionality of rsync so Dropbox can't do that without paying 
>>>> the dane geld.
>>>
>>> create some complex AFS setup.
>> 
>> Thanks!  I have some reading to do.  Here's a relevant link from 
>> Stanford for anyone from the future who ever reads this group.
>> 
>> https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/afs
> 
> If you actually implement this in AFS, I will come over to your rat hole
> and punch you directly in the balls.
> 
> Yes, I work with AFS daily.

any great stories? I think I last had a serious AFS chat with somebody 
like 14 years ago.

> SpiderOak might be able to do what you want; it's a hell of a lot more
> full-featured than Dropbox, but I'm only backing up one machine to it,
> not syncing. As a bonus, if they get hacked, your data doesn't (thanks,
> client-side encryption).
>

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From: Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com>
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Subject: Re: Dropbox question
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