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Re:Dropbox and why you should invest in people by wladimir on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @04:17AM (#2353565)
It was one of those problems that everyone was solving in their own way. Either through shared folders, shared gmail accounts, mailing attachments, passing around USB sticks, or putting everything into a version control system.

There was no single solution that was both convenient, compatible across devices and platforms, and useful for all the usecases. Dropbox nailed that.

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Re:Dropbox and why you should invest in people by fedd on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @04:27AM (#2353576)
our school teacher has a mail.ru account the password for which is known by all the parents. if we're ill, we go there and see the homework :) anyone may change the password eventually as many people are not that internet savvy, i am always afraid of it

she should use dropbox, google docs or have a mailing list, but i don't know how to say that. she knows only web mail as it's around for decades...

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