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I think the fundamental differences between Dropbox and iCloud is the sharing feature and Windows/Linux/Mac/etc support. iCloud is never going to be on Windows
by startupcto 15y ago
I think the fundamental differences between Dropbox and iCloud is the sharing feature and Windows/Linux/Mac/etc support. iCloud is never going to be on Windows and our company uses Dropbox to share project resources and our machines are a mixed of PCs and Macs so iCloud means nothing for us.
- lwhi 15y agoExactly. As Steve Jobs is quoted in the article; Dropbox is only half the solution. Apple's 'full' solution involves the necessary purchase of their hardware and software as well. Dropbox works across the board, without prejudice.
- 2muchcoffeeman 15y agoNo, the other half is getting people to use the product. It's easier if you can make it seamless and bake it in rather than a third party solution. They probably wanted to own the solution to leverage any trust they have with their customers. It's the same thing that happened with backups, they came up with Time Machine. Pretty much all the Mac users I know have a Time Machine backup. I believe the same thing will happen with version control once Versions support is wide spread. Normal people will know about keeping versions of their work rather than multiple differently named files.
- lwhi 15y ago"No, the other half is getting people to use the product." More than 45 million people use Dropbox. I think they have that part of the problem solved.
- chugger 15y agowait for Google, Facebook or Microsoft to implement their own Dropbox clone.
- uptown 15y ago"iCloud is never going to be on Windows" The same was said about iTunes, but it eventually appeared there. It wouldn't surprise me if more aspects of iCloud eventually appear on Windows.
- profitbaron 15y agoiCloud is available on Windows - https://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html https://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html
- uptown 15y agoSee! It only took 35 minutes.
- bostonvaulter2 15y agoDoesn't look like there is a Linux or Android version.
- nanospider 15y agoWoah... 5GB! I'm so there.
- skymt 15y agoiCloud is already available on Windows: https://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html https://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html
- xtracto 15y agoI bet it comes with Quicktime, iTunes and a lot of extra plugins which are absolutely necessary for to run the software. /joke Does the Windows versions suck as much as iTunes? (including installing that pesky apple updater). Going on-topic, I have a dropbox account but the 2 GB limit (which I managed to make 3.5GB after referring) is very limited. In addition they do not support WebDav. I recently opened a free Box.net account and I am really happy with it. Because it has webdav support (box.net/dav) I can "mount" the disk in any computer as a drive (windows) or folder (linux). I personally prefer this approach to the DropBox "replicate everything on each PC you enter". But I understand they are solutions to different issues.
- funkah 15y agoI think you have a good point generally speaking, but iCloud does in fact run on Windows.
- swilliams 15y agoDon't forget Android, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry. iCloud is available on Windows, but I don't think it will be going to competing mobile platforms any time soon.
- rythie 15y agoMore to the point iCloud will never be on Linux.
- madh 15y agoDo you think that if Apple bought Dropbox, Dropbox would still be on all those platforms with such strong support? I don't think so.