I used to think Dropbox was such a simple company -- how could they need hundreds (or are they at thousands?) of software engineers?
There are some opportunities for real innovation, though. An easy one is de-duplication of identical files to save space (which I have tested that they do). However, I suspect it can be taken much further to gain a competitive advantage against other storage providers, such as de-duping blocks, advanced compression algorithms, etc.
And of course, there's always room for creativity in the hardware and data-centers, and UX.
There are some opportunities for real innovation, though. An easy one is de-duplication of identical files to save space (which I have tested that they do). However, I suspect it can be taken much further to gain a competitive advantage against other storage providers, such as de-duping blocks, advanced compression algorithms, etc.
And of course, there's always room for creativity in the hardware and data-centers, and UX.