Ubuntu One: interesting concept!

[Raseel Bhagat]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:

> H.S. wrote:
> > Just saw this:
> >
> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/hands-on-canonical-aims-for-the-cloud-with-new-ubuntu-one.ars
> >
> > Looks very interesting. I think a large set of users will love this
> > feature who want to keep a set of files in sync across various machines.
> > Plus it is bringing collaboration in a big way to Ubuntu and Linux!
>
> Oh yes,, I'm drooling already, but the real question, will the server
> end be available as free software as well, or just the client? (and
> whatever happened to the Novell file synchronization they were working
> on for Suse?  I think that was GPL, but AFAIK, never finished and never
> ported to other distros)
>

Good point.

It will be really game-changing if it is completely open.

It would enabled people to deploy their own online backup service.

Maybe a mashup with Eucalyptus can then be used for "Personalised Clouds"
..... Nice, huh ?

Thanks,
Raseel.
http://raseel.in
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