There was talk of a Google GDrive in the works a while ago. It was said to be some kind of mass storage area for user to store whatever they wanted, and be able to access it from anywhere.Enter Platypus. Philipp Lenssen got some news about this possible new service, with an archived version from Corsin, who thankfully made a backup of what he came across. Corsin came across this page by doing some URL typing.
Google's Platypus Gdrive has the tagline of "A filer for the whole world. But better." Platypus enables you to store files on your C drive of on the filer.
If your computer crashes, or you get a new one, you can reinstall this Platypus software, and you files will be automatically downloaded and synched onto your new machine.
You can Sync files across many different computers, and operating systems.
You can view your files across the web.
You can share certain files to multiple people.
If you are not able to get an internet connection, all of your files are still available.
It is also said that this new Platypus application will be available in Windows, Mac and Linux formats. Word is that Justin Rosenstein, the Product Manager for the Google Page Creator is working on this project as well.
There is no official news as to what this application is, and to whether it is truly in development at Google, but we will be keeping our eyes open for this very interesting one. Interestingly enough, Google has called itself "The Platypus of the Internet".
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7-10-2006 @ 12:50PM
Yohan said...
I would totally use this. Also, about google as a cult, you're spot on. And I think you might be a member, 6 of the last 7 posts on Download Squad are about Google.
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7-10-2006 @ 1:24PM
Dan said...
Seems like it's starting out as an internal project from the specifics given on the page. e.g. "Not at a google computer?" and "Create shared spaces to which multiple Googlers can write." plus the very specific use of 'filer' as a storage location.
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7-10-2006 @ 2:11PM
Ron said...
I'm calling bullshit on that one. Just doesn't have the right ring to it.
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7-10-2006 @ 3:23PM
Jon said...
Would be useful if it’s really in development.
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7-10-2006 @ 6:17PM
Mark D. said...
Dan:
Yeah, I think you're on to something, as the page source makes several references to corp.google.com, which could possibly be an internal-only site for employees. there is one odd thing, though. At one point corp.google.com is refered with a secure https link, but the link for design docs are to a normal http, seems strange not to make it all secure if it's a special project.
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7-10-2006 @ 7:08PM
Peter said...
Google didn't refer to themselves as "The Platypus of the Internet", they were referring to XUL.
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7-12-2006 @ 11:58AM
Duke Newcombe said...
Hasn't iFolder (http://www.ifolder.com/), (http://www.novell.com/products/ifolder) already done this for 4 years? Wonder if they're using this technology?
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