Haha. You know, this must really be an amazing company. I have never used the product myself, but every time a post about Dropbox comes around, there are always at least a few comments of people just wanting to mention how much they love it, regardless of the actual submission topic.
I know that they have taken some heat for security issues of late, but, frankly, I love this company and their product and I am happy to see them doing well.
The magic of Dropbox is that it strikes just the right balance between simplicity and power.
When my mother deleted a book that she had been writing for almost a year (and its backup), I was able to show her how to retrieve deleted documents from Dropbox. It was incredible.
Arthur C. Clarke once said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Well Dropbox is magic to most of the people that I have introduced it to.
I know that there are other solutions out there that do similar things to what they do, but I have never really been able to find one that just clicks with so many people regardless of technical ability.
Dropbox is one of the best software/services I ever used. Think on this: they competitors are Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Pen drives, FTP, etc, and they succeed! This seems really difficult to me, to build a huge service on a very hostil business. They are more alive than ever, and it's not because they are lucky, it's because these guys are really really competent.
'Dropbox' is one of the best product names I've ever heard. Someone mentioned it to me once and I instantly knew exactly what it must be, and remembered it forever.
Dropbox is hands down the best piece of software I've installed in the past few years. It's the first product I've ever been able to recommend to both friends (geeks) and family (categorically not geeks whatsoever) without having to change my explanation of why it's so awesome.
Dropbox is really awesome. I'm very impressed with how well they execute. Lots of companies big and small have offered the same basic service, but nobody has built a product nearly as good.
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