Alan Gutierrez wrote:
> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>> DK wrote:
>>> Hi, I don't know if there are differing opinions on this, but seems to
>>> me that apps that use such large files will write a file manager
>>> (desktop based app or at least activex) that monitor or possibly
>>> divide such files into smaller pieces. 
>> 
>> Not necessarily   Look at Dropbox (though they do use a Flash upload 
>> tool).
> 
> Dropbox is what he is describing. The start you off by having you
> install a filesystem extension.
> 

But you don't have to.  I exchange large files (hundreds of MB, not 4 
GB) on Dropbox all the time, but I've never installed their desktop 
software.  It's only for convenience AFAIK.

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> Alan Gutierrez - [email protected] - http://twitter.com/bigeasy

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