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Beta testing begins for UbuntuOne, but I'll stick with DropBox
by Lee Mathews May 12th 2009 at 6:00PM
Microsoft has Live Sync, Apple has MobileMe, and Canonical is now beta testing their own user data synchronization service called UbuntuOne.
The service works as you'd expect - set up your sync, access files anywhere, share your online items with anyone you choose. Currently lists two service levels - 2GB of storage is available free of charge, while an upgrade to 10GB will set you back $10 per month.
The service will likely provide a decent revenue stream for Canonical. As for me, I'll be sticking with DropBox on my Linux Mint laptop.
Not only does the DropBox pro account offer five times as much storage (50GB), there's also a $20 discount for paying annually - dropping the monthly fee to just over $8. On top of that, I can use DropBox to sync with my Windows desktop as well.
Perhaps the developers will amp things up a bit before UbuntuOne is finally released.
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Bronze said 8:19PM on 5-12-2009
A lot of linux users also have a Windows machine - and dropbox is a wonderful tool that can keep files in sync between the OS's.
UbuntuOne seems to be focused on syncronizing ubuntu machines only. I'll pass - the winner in this market will be the player who offers the greatest flexibility for the price.
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fincan said 10:48PM on 5-12-2009
+1
At work I mainly use a linux box (fedora) at the same time with my windows laptop. So multi-platform sharing is a must for me. I think this is also true for most users who needs a sync solutions between multiple computers
Elliot "statik" Murphy said 12:16AM on 5-14-2009
Hi Lee, fincan, Bronze,
Thanks for the review and comments about Ubuntu One! I definitely understand your perspective, cross platform is important in many situations. With Ubuntu One we've made several design decisions that will greatly simplify the work needed to create clients for other platforms, and while it's true that we are putting all our effort into Linux clients, the majority of our client code will run unchanged on OS X and Windows, and I hope we find some interested developers who want to try a port. I'd certainly welcome patches toward that goal. (https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client)
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