How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions

Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by telchar on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @08:57AM (#17549352)

For backups I understand. What I'm curious about is what is your setup that involves multiple computers. Is it one personal computer and one at work? Do you have multiple personal computers for some reason? Just curious about usage patterns that differ from my own.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by _bxg1 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:05AM (#17549795)

I have a Windows/Linux desktop and a Macbook, both personal. Also and Android phone. If you truly have ample storage you can also use Dropbox as a way of syncing between OSes on the same machine, in a VM or on separate partitions. Duplicates a bunch of data, but you don't have to mess with mounting and differing file systems and everything.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by telchar on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:30PM (#17554951)

Thanks, I hadn't thought of using Dropbox as a file sync between different OSes on the same machine.

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