Why not set up 2 seperate accounts and then set up a share that is accessible through the Dropbox on both accounts?

Because that would be too easy! :p

If you are looking for a painful and complex file sharing solution, you could always check out Windows remote file sharing. :D

:cool:

I am still trying to figure out how I want to use this service (DropBox). I know that I can share versions with my S/O but it also looks like a great way to get large amounts of data to a big group of people (pictures, etc.) so I may start using it for that.

The built in gallery feature is definitely cool.

Also - for the Mac users out there - Ctrl+Click on a file in your Dropbox and go to More > Dropbox to get some quick options for viewing revisions, getting a public URL for a file , etc. I think they covered this in their video, but I don't remember for sure.

Thats a shame, because that service looks REALLY REALLY awesome.

So maybe a dumb question, but how does one have any idea whether these services will be around two, five or ten years from now?

One doesn't. But when it comes to these things I don't rely on them for mission critical files.

Microsoft owns one or two of these services so presumably they'll be around for a while... although they may just as easily discontinue a service. I guess your best bet is to monitor which one is the most popular and hop on that bandwagon, kindof like Gmail.

However with all that is going on in technology, all of this may be a moot point in 10 years anyway. I would be surprised if this type of filesharing, online backup and versioning is not built into the operating system you'll be using in 10 years.

The thing I don't care for about Dropbox is that it leaves local copies of every file on every computer that it's installed on. I'd like to have the option to bring in only certain files to extend the capacity of a drive, rather than make redundant copies of files all over the place. That 2 GB of capacity would take a big bite out of the 12 GB of flash memory disk space on my eeePC if I used it there.

You need to look at S3 or Box.net

The way I'm viewing Dropbox is not an extension of my current drive but a way to keep 2+ drives in sync.

sounds a lot like sugarsync.com which is essentially the syncing software for Sharpcast. I have used it about two months now, works well. Free 45 trial, and 2.5$ a month.

Works with macs too, and cell phones. Personally, I find this the best for syncing multiple of MY computers files. the syncing just works as I would expect it too. Foldershare and supersync (FS on steroids) never really did that well.

I've been using this for about a week, and thus far, I'd give it a ^. I am about to change jobs, and have two work laptops to turn in at the end of my current job. Dropbox has been nice for saving off all my personal stuff that I've wound up with on those two PCs over the past couple of years, so that I can pull it back over to my own laptop. My only concern is how well it will uninstall itself at the end of the process.

I do have some invites if anyone needs one--PM me if interested.

Don't forget to look at Sugarsync... It even has a mobile client for Windows and Blackberry.