Hi, one very important aspect in the ecosystem of Ubuntu is the community. So why exclude it from Ubuntu One? In my opinion what would be a nice feature in Ubuntu One would be the use of peer-to-peer. P2P cloud storage can provide secure, reliable, distributed file repository.
In order to make this real, the hackers could get inspiration by having a look at how the social distributed file-system-like online storage Wuala [1] is handling "online hard drives" in the cloud. In short, Wuala can offer its users *unlimited* space by making it possible to "exchange" hard drive space for online space (one has to be online several hours a day to be able to use this feature). For people who don't want to use this, the traditional way of buying online storage is of course still there. [2] I would love to see this great concept implemented in Ubuntu One service. Another source for inspiration of what is possible with online storage is Tahoe-LAFS, a Free Software/Open Source decentralized data store. [3] Your thoughts? Best regards, Hajo [1] http://www.wuala.com [2] http://www.wuala.com/storage/ [3] http://allmydata.org _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuone-users Post to : ubuntuone-users@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuone-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
