Re: [Trisquel-users] Cloud File Syncing Service like Dropbox or Ubuntu One?

[strypey]

There are no dumb questions, only dumb answers ;P This is one of the few open  
membership forums for people wanting to use only free code software, so these  
kinds of questions often come up here. In some ways I think it would be  
better if there was a separate forum for discussion of free code  
applications, so this forum could be focussed on Trisquel-specific issues.  
But for now, we use what we have.

As for the issue of "cloud computing" I agree it's an ill-defined term, and I  
agree that much of what is pitched under that name is a strategy to keep  
proprietary software businesses viable by running them off a server  
controlled by the business, not the user. The FSF calls this Service as a  
Software Substitute, but I think it could also be called cloudwashing. I  
think the "cloud" could be useful as a user-friendly metaphor for  
decentralized systems like Diaspora, just as "peer-to-peer" is a  
user-friendly metaphor for distrbuted systems like BitTorrent.