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1. nefele+l[view] [source] 2007-04-04 20:07:23
>>dhoust+(OP)
Drew,

I saw your short demo at BarCamp and I must say Dropbox looks great! Are you planning on having a Linux port as well, or is too early to talk about that?

Also, as another SFP applicant I have to tell you that I really hope you get the funding - you deserve it.

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2. dhoust+t[view] [source] 2007-04-04 20:25:43
>>nefele+l
thanks :)

a linux port is doable (mac will come first) -- everything's written in python and was designed from the outset to be portable. although this isn't the initial focus of dropbox, a linux port would be interesting for maintaining small web sites or web apps -- instead of using scp/sftp or equivalent you could just modify the files on your desktop and have them synced to your web host.

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3. blaker+o3[view] [source] 2007-04-05 05:41:32
>>dhoust+t
All written in Python? I'd love to know a bit more about what you're doing if you can share. I put together a similar tool last year for myself (Windows-only) using NTFS' USN journal, but it sounds like you're doing something different.

The app looks great.

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4. dhoust+y3[view] [source] 2007-04-05 06:13:12
>>blaker+o3
yup; i'd be happy to talk offline about it; shoot me an email at drew@getdropbox.com .
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