[Cialug] Dropbox style service?

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Zachary Kotlarek <zach at kotlarek.com> wrote:

> Unison uses the local file system, so there's no need for Internet access
> and I/O is fast. But since everyone has their own copy of the file and only
> synchronizes periodically it's possible to create conflicts, which either
> need to be resolved by hard-coded rules (e.g. host A wins, latest update
> wins) or manually by users.
>

I wouldn't say that file locking is much better in webdav. Therefore if
file locking is necessary then neither webdav nor unison are great choices.
But if that were a need then I doubt dropbox would have been suggested as
the model to follow either.

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