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[Discuss] Sync Revisited



Ed,
It looks great (at least from the website) but it's not free.

What were the issues with ownCloud?

Matt


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) <blu at nedharvey.com
> wrote:

> > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> > bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields
> >
> > Did you try ownCloud?  It's a self-hosted replacement for Dropbox.  They
> > even have some built in apps, so I can use the web interface when I don't
> > have my computer or phone to log in and edit documents similar to Google
> > Apps.
>
> I have been dissatisfied with owncloud, as have many IT people I've talked
> with.  Now I use Synctuary http://conceptblossom.com
> Full disclosure:  I founded Concept Blossom and created Synctuary due to
> limitations with competing alternatives such as Boxcryptor/Encfs.
>
> The crypto parts are open source.  http://tinhatrandom.org and
> http://cbcrypt.org
> We haven't released the linux client yet.  It is currently top development
> priority, so it should be ready soon.
>



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