I'm kind of disappointed Ubuntu didn't sue Microsoft over the name. Given they had just had to rename from SkyDrive to OneDrive due to trademark infringement it would have been amusing to see them need to do it again for not having actually checked for similar services with similar names. Or maybe there was a payment to Ubuntu involved there.
Yes it is and hello from someone at Microsoft who has helped brand a few things. It’s really hard problem that is not easy to describe to others but branding in huge companies like these is hell. Though worth it when we get it right and make things clear. Trust me no one here branding wants it to suck.
Little off-topic: Is there any work being done with Visual Studio's integrated Code Review system[0]? You cannot even run the solution (inc. changes) from it!
We're stuck on TFVC, is the planned solution to move everyone to Git and Pull Requests? The recent Visual Studio Live Share is really kick butt, but doesn't solve traditional "offline" code reviews.
Also we're using O365 Planner and Teams, but there's no integration into Team Services at all. Any chance we'll see Planner plan tasks as a work item in Visual Studio/Team Services?
You should be because the concept of .NET changed over the years. When first announced, it was supposed to be Microsoft's alternative to Java. In their internal documents, they defined it as infrastructure centered around MS SQL Server. With time, things developed and the initial vision changed a few times. So yes, it's a mess name-wise.
dotnet Standard is the core of everything. The underlying code for both the dotnet Framework and dotnet Core. What the differences between the dotnet Framework and the dotnet Core is I can't tell you. All I know is that dotnet Core is cross platform and the cool kid in town. Use Core if possible.
.NET Standard is an interface. It describes a specification that must be met. .NET Framework, Xamarin, UWP and .NET Core are implementations. Both have APIs that are specific to the implementation (for example, .NET Framework has APIs that are specific to Window, while .NET Core is cross-platform and doesn't have them, and Xamarin has mobile-specific APIs that don't make sense on desktop). At a minimum they both implement the APIs designated by the .NET Standard specification. It is a guideline for you to write libraries that can be shared anywhere without recompilation.
I remember at some point there was a popular theory that if you add an "X" to a name, it appears more modern to the customer. So Microsoft started to brand different technologies in this way. The data exchange mechanism became "ActiveX". Their abstraction layer for graphics cards became "DirectX".
No, because any individual system is still susceptible to theft, fire, water damage, electrical damage. RAID 1 is just a protection from one hard drive dying.
I'm a fan of Amazon Drive. The native clients are nice with a clear interface, and have the option to simply upload files or directories once, without having to synchronize them in local directories. It's not immediately clear how to do this in Google Drive, which seems confused especially since they've split it into two different products already.
There's also been a persistent problem with the Google Drive native desktop client, where syncing files consumes 100% of your local CPU for hours (or days) as it syncs, a problem which Dropbox and Amazon Drive do not have.
I don't see it as a bad thing. To me Android One is a symbol of confidence and simplicity. It is a promise of no bloat on Android. It is a promise of timely updates. Most importantly, it is a signal of a good value. Look where the trainwreck of the fire phone got to at Amazon.com
I think the whole "One" branding is a tired trope which many technology companies tend to use to show one platform, company etc. In past 5 years I have seen 3 of my employers add One X, with X being the company name, as the official goal or strategy.
“Be among the first to know when Google One is available in your area” made me think why they're rolling out the service based on Area?
Wonder if it is due to technical reasons or demographic reasons, or it is still in the process of "beta" and needs to be tweaked more for releasing to all areas at once?
Might be a long term plan. When apple rebranded iBook to MacBook, it seemed weird at the time, but they presumably had the iDevice in the pipeline (as well as their iBooks eBook system).
However, I think that One is the name of the overarching storage subscription/billing service, of which Drive, Photos and Mail (and possibly more) will consume.
Also, Drive is getting to be a bit of an anachronism (like the floppy disk icon to save). Google Storage or something similar would be clearer.
After completely screwing so many of us over with that horrible File Stream "upgrade", I'll pass. I still have an orphaned local Google Drive folder that randomly stopped syncing to sort through and move to Dropbox.
Might have something to do with the whole Condoleeza Rice kerfuffle that happened years ago. People swore against Dropbox ever since and for some reason feel the need to continue swearing against it today.
The thing that really surprises me is "access to Google experts", which apparently means chat, email and phone [1]. Google has really avoided direct B2C interaction in the past; I wonder how they are developing this ability from scratch.
Good point. I even have a pixel, have used support, and ignored this. Demonstrates what a small part of my interactions with Google are paid!
Maybe that filter (a small fraction of Google accounts will become paid One accounts) means that there is no heculean effort to build a human support team at Google scale. It's interesting that Amazon has very arms length support for its 100M+ Prime users, even at a higher price point.
As someone actively using both Google Drive File Stream and Google Backup and Sync. For the love of god, fix your desktop software.
Dropbox and OneDrive both understand the concept of filenames and collisions. It's very obvious that Google Drive is not a file system, especially when you have shared folders with multiple people.
There are a few options for improved Google Drive clients. We use Syncdocs https://syncdocs.com as it has end-to-end encryption. None of these clients are free, though, so perhaps you get what you pay for.
I am totally done with Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. I want my independence back. How can I set this up myself without relying on the above mentioned service providers ?
Think of it as "Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon" vs. "the rest of us". There's no problem with asking other members of the community for help on self-hosting.
Hear ye, hear ye! Junior developers you should listen to joenathanone and never ask more senior people! You should make us watch over your back everyday because of your silly hubris and for our fear of you delaying our project! Asking questions is stupid and for the feeble minded! Google is your only friend!
He is asking how he can completely replace Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. Ok start by making an OS (desktop & mobile), a social networking platform (make sure to get all your friends to join), mobile phone hardware and build some warehouses and stuff, once your done with all that ping me and I will give you the next steps. Ask a real question and I would be happy to give a real answer.
https://nextcloud.com is a free software alternative that's pretty mature and feature-rich. I've been using it for several years (it was originally owncloud) and it works great. Setting up backend storage to use S3 essentially gives you unlimited storage at very cheap prices.
I love Dropbox, I am a paid plus user. The syncing is amazing, and absolutely gets out of your way. You just have to put something, and forget about it. It's sad that they are slowly moving their focus towards businesses. While that is not a problem in and of itself, it seems individual users don't have much priority anymore.
It would be great if Google drive wouldn't use up my MacBook's battery so fast. All the time my cpu usage is at 100% when using Google Backup and sync. Something that other competitors have managed to do better than Google. Using dropbox at the moment.
Been using Syncthing these last few days, today it saved me about three hours of sending files to California just to download them back in the same office. Highly recommended if you understand and can afford the small amount of time you trade for functioning peer-to-peer transfers (which, in basically every case, are faster than client-server-client transfers).
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It seems to contradict itself so many times.
Little off-topic: Is there any work being done with Visual Studio's integrated Code Review system[0]? You cannot even run the solution (inc. changes) from it!
We're stuck on TFVC, is the planned solution to move everyone to Git and Pull Requests? The recent Visual Studio Live Share is really kick butt, but doesn't solve traditional "offline" code reviews.
Also we're using O365 Planner and Teams, but there's no integration into Team Services at all. Any chance we'll see Planner plan tasks as a work item in Visual Studio/Team Services?
[0] https://i.imgur.com/LNeTASv.png
There's also been a persistent problem with the Google Drive native desktop client, where syncing files consumes 100% of your local CPU for hours (or days) as it syncs, a problem which Dropbox and Amazon Drive do not have.
Their unlimited storage is useless because you can't actually use it properly. It saves them money.
Alphanumeric positioning has implied meaning.
Wonder if it is due to technical reasons or demographic reasons, or it is still in the process of "beta" and needs to be tweaked more for releasing to all areas at once?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17067168
However, I think that One is the name of the overarching storage subscription/billing service, of which Drive, Photos and Mail (and possibly more) will consume.
Also, Drive is getting to be a bit of an anachronism (like the floppy disk icon to save). Google Storage or something similar would be clearer.
They’re on a bright future after the IPO. Dropbox Paper is absolutely amazing.
Dropbox is for binary files (like PDF, MSOffice, etc).
Does Git have an easy way to share "uncommitted" code that doesn't involve committing it on a branch and rebaseing it later?
I say this as a huge fan of Git, that's one scenario where a Dropbox folder is stronger than Git
https://syncthing.net/
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/14/say-hello-to-google-one/
Maybe that filter (a small fraction of Google accounts will become paid One accounts) means that there is no heculean effort to build a human support team at Google scale. It's interesting that Amazon has very arms length support for its 100M+ Prime users, even at a higher price point.
Dropbox and OneDrive both understand the concept of filenames and collisions. It's very obvious that Google Drive is not a file system, especially when you have shared folders with multiple people.
https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/