> 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software
Obviously I'm not claiming that this will be anywhere near as successful as the iPod or Dropbox. It might not succeed at all. But I would have thought we'd be past this sort of dismissal by now.
> No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
> I have a few qualms with this app:
> 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software
Obviously I'm not claiming that this will be anywhere near as successful as the iPod or Dropbox. It might not succeed at all. But I would have thought we'd be past this sort of dismissal by now.