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Egregore
I have not signed up, but from examining your site it seems that you don't have payed accounts, as a user I'll be afraid to trust you my files for a long time, even for free accounts, because it will seem that you're not sustainable and will go bust some time in the future and I will lose my files.
lloeki
From the help page (emphasis mine):

> Why is Minus absolutely free? > > Our goal is to create a world-class product and experience for our users and the business model will follow. We can see many ways Minus can monetize itself.

Wow. Wishful thinking?

mindotus
There are many proven business models that work for this space and Minus is also currently well funded. We are here to stay and your files are safe, no worries :)
mindotus
Minus is currently funded and we plan on implementing sustainable business models in the future. No need to worry :) Your files are safe.
joelhaasnoot
concurrent = competitor
DrJokepu
Useless trivia: the French word for a competitor is "concourant", hence the mistranslation.
valinor4
no, it is not. the french word for a competitor is "concurrent".
lloeki
Useless trivia, round 2: concourant(fr) is concurrent(en) as in concurrency(en), concurrent(fr) from concourir(fr) is indeed competitor(en)
skrebbel
Weird title - nothing about this company seems French
lloeki
Nothing indeed: http://minus.com/pages/about
smoyer
And from the blog: "We’ve been at our NYC office for only a month and ..."
koopajah
Yeah sorry seems that I completely mixed two news at the same time. This one about a dropbox "clone" and a one about a new cloud solution by a French company.
wccrawford
"Concurrent"? Did you mean competitor, or counterpart, or clone?
koopajah
Sorry, as I said in another comment I mixed two news at the same time. I edited the title to reflect the proper pitch about Minus. My bad!