Comments on: Solution seeks problem, finds problem… http://bowblog.com/2003/11/21/solution-seeks-problem-finds-problem/ Thu, 17 May 2012 13:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anna Love http://bowblog.com/2003/11/21/solution-seeks-problem-finds-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Anna Love Tue, 09 Dec 2003 03:31:02 +0000 http://bowblog.com/?p=478#comment-551 I agree with your take on FTP! Who wants to waste time setting up accounts and fooling around with security permissions and I have lost track of the number of times an email bounce back at me just because the receiver hasnt cleaned out HIS inbox in two weeks. There is a lot of competitors in this space, like Xdrive, WhaleMail, and FileCourier. I have been using a tool similar to Tokens called FileCourier (www.filecourier.com) over the last six months. I dragged the free trial out for two months and then finally had to put $5 into their pay-as-you go scheme (I am not ready to commit to one of the subscriptions yet, and besides I dont need to move gigabytes every month). Always on the lookout for something new (not to mention another free trial) so I gave Tokens a look. The one thing I really liked about Tokens was that the file didnt move from my PC until the receiver requested it, I think only Tokens and FileCourier are taking this approach and it means that I dont have to store MY private files on some GUYs shared fileserver. A real plus over XDrive (www.xdrive.com ) , Whalemail (www.whalemail.com) and all the other FTP wan-a-be killers. It also means that I dont have to constantly manage yet another drive, I have enough to do just keeping my own PC in order. The let down for me was the need for the receiver to have a redeemer (FileCourier, Xdrive and the others do not require the receive to install any software), and whats with the free trial lasting only seven days!. A real free trial lasts at least two months.... I agree with your take on FTP! Who wants to waste time setting up accounts and fooling around with security permissions and I have lost track of the number of times an email bounce back at me just because the receiver hasnt cleaned out HIS inbox in two weeks.
There is a lot of competitors in this space, like Xdrive, WhaleMail, and FileCourier. I have been using a tool similar to Tokens called FileCourier (www.filecourier.com) over the last six months. I dragged the free trial out for two months and then finally had to put $5 into their pay-as-you go scheme (I am not ready to commit to one of the subscriptions yet, and besides I dont need to move gigabytes every month). Always on the lookout for something new (not to mention another free trial) so I gave Tokens a look.
The one thing I really liked about Tokens was that the file didnt move from my PC until the receiver requested it, I think only Tokens and FileCourier are taking this approach and it means that I dont have to store MY private files on some GUYs shared fileserver. A real plus over XDrive (www.xdrive.com ) , Whalemail (www.whalemail.com) and all the other FTP wan-a-be killers. It also means that I dont have to constantly manage yet another drive, I have enough to do just keeping my own PC in order.
The let down for me was the need for the receiver to have a redeemer (FileCourier, Xdrive and the others do not require the receive to install any software), and whats with the free trial lasting only seven days!. A real free trial lasts at least two months….

]]> By: azeem http://bowblog.com/2003/11/21/solution-seeks-problem-finds-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-550 azeem Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:12:58 +0000 http://bowblog.com/?p=478#comment-550 Blah Won't take off. A Token is basically a URL. BitTorrent URLs are just much more attractive. I mean I don't actually care where which physical disk platter is serving up the document. What what would be nice would be some kind of method of encrypting big files automatically so that I wouldn't care about have them dispersed around the network. Anyway, where is the bottleneck?? Its not hard drive space and it won't be bandwidth. Most likely to be management ... Blah

Won’t take off. A Token is basically a URL. BitTorrent URLs are just much more attractive. I mean I don’t actually care where which physical disk platter is serving up the document.

What what would be nice would be some kind of method of encrypting big files automatically so that I wouldn’t care about have them dispersed around the network.

Anyway, where is the bottleneck?? Its not hard drive space and it won’t be bandwidth. Most likely to be management …

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