Dropbox has traction and paying users. Why do they need $200 million? Of course it's not just a two-man gig anymore, but... what is it for?
If their business model isn't supporting the growth they want and they're not going to change it, is throwing money around going to be all that helpful?
Maybe I'm doubting that they'll be able to bring in that many new users because I can't imagine how anyone hasn't heard of dropbox by now -- which is pretty silly. I've just known about it for a long time because of HN.
Or maybe there are economies of scale that I don't know about, and by spending $x they'll be able to save/make $y>>$x?
(...Are they going to get off of s3, set up their own datacenters?)
If their business model isn't supporting the growth they want and they're not going to change it, is throwing money around going to be all that helpful?
Maybe I'm doubting that they'll be able to bring in that many new users because I can't imagine how anyone hasn't heard of dropbox by now -- which is pretty silly. I've just known about it for a long time because of HN.
Or maybe there are economies of scale that I don't know about, and by spending $x they'll be able to save/make $y>>$x?
(...Are they going to get off of s3, set up their own datacenters?)