Ross,
I have been using Dropbox for a couple of months now, and have signed up my
work email address, and a few friends have joined from a link I sent, so I
am up to 3.5gb capacity now. Remember- you get 250mb for every person who
installs it either as an invite, or to join a share you send them.

It also has the iPhone app so I can check when someone has uploaded a file
they have promised, whilst I'm out of the office.

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Ross McMillan
Sent: 02 June 2011 01:03
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] Dropbox?

I use it extensively.  It's so good I don't care.  I only wish you got more
than 2GB.

Stay away from SugarSync - 5GB free but not nearly as solid.

I use it not so much for cloud-based backup, but with a bit of clever local
backup to and from dropbox running on two machines, I can have my work
source code folders and home ones automatically track.  I can leave work in
a hurry knowing I can keep working at home without having to remember to
take a USB stick with me.

The other impressive thing about dropbox is the speed with which it updates
files.  I've seen big >5Mb update in a few seconds because it uses pretty
smart algorithms.  I also bevieve if you drop a file it "knows" about into
your DB folder it doesn't have to upload it all.

R

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