iCloud VS. Ubuntu One VS. Windows Live Mesh: the comparison

"To the Cloud" --Microsoft

So you have heard more and more about cloud computing. An so have the makers of the biggest operating systems. Here I will talk about the cloud services that are integrated into/geared towards these operating systems. In case you don't know what the whole "cloud" thing is about, rest assured, I am here to tell you: the using the "cloud" is like using the internet as a storage medium (like a USB key). So to sum it up, using the "cloud" would be like using the internet as a USB Flash Drive to store stuff.

I don't personally use any of these services as I prefer to stick with cross platform cloud services such as Dropbox and Google Docs.

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Category:

Science & Technology

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• iCloud
• VS.
• Ubuntu
• One
• Windows
• Live
• Mesh
• computers
• science
• technology

[jmans25]

@jmans25 2GB instead on one in dropbox my bad

[jmans25]

@pixiemotion Lol sorry to be biased ;(. I did check out Ubuntu one and another survive called sugarsync and they both offer 5GB compared to dropbox's 1GB. The only problem is that SS is missing a Linux client and Ubuntu One is missing a Mac client. There are other services like DB though like spider oak

[pixiemotion]

Ubuntu One works on Windows, Mac, Android AND Ubuntu, so it's at least as cross-platform as Dropbox ;)

[jmans25]

@pixiemotion true that but it is aimed at ubuntu. Dropbox is aimmed at all platforms

[chapman45111]

guys im using ubuntu and drop box. just know what files are where and you have 7 gb to mess withh :) so sly

[pixiemotion]

@jmans25 Ubuntu One is also aimed at all platforms. Just because it's created by Canonical doesn't mean they don't target other platforms – why else would they create apps for other platforms? Of course the ulterior motive might be to make money that indirectly supports the Linux platform, but who knows what ulterior motives the Dropbox owners have, and who cares, doesn't change that both products work on all platforms. That's what matters, not what you believe the "aim" is.

[letrungkien7]

DROPBOX is the winner.

[jmans25]

@LoRdVoODoOChilD i lmao at my pronunciations and yes, lol, i said it right!