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Hi,
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I'm CIO, too and have the same problems: I like OC and it's concept
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but can't use it in production environments, yet...
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<br/>Currently I'm stucked to the 4.x release and follow this mailinglist
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to findout, if the big problems with the sync clients are fixed and
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the long term awaited encryption is available...
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<br/>Sadly my OC server is not used for over an half year now by our
<br/>users, because of serious bugs of the client (thousands of conflict files,
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no sync and hughe traffic because of endless loops inside the client)...
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<br/>I would love to see these major problems solved and sometimes I'm
<br/>a little bit frustrated when I see, that devs spend their time make the
<br/>user interface more fancy etc.
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<br/>ciao,
<br/>Chris
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<br/>> On 5. Juni 2013 at 15:32 Dan O'Brien <danobrie@gmail.com> wrote:
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<br/>> I think your sentiments are felt by many who had hopes of independent
<br/>> cloud storage in ownCloud. I agree, it is too buggy to actually use and
<br/>> be productive with on any kind of scale. With each release it gets
<br/>> marginally better, but it needs some sort of major overhaul in terms of
<br/>> sharing and the sync client among other issues.
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<br/>> I like the concept as well, and I do think it will get there at some
<br/>> point and the developers are doing very nice work, but I think messages
<br/>> like these are important for newcomers to see to save them some time.
<br/>> It is just not reliable as it is today, owncloud needs people to bug
<br/>> test and provide feedback, my experience has told me as well it is not
<br/>> ready to replace your dropbox or gdrive or whatever, unless you are
<br/>> prepared to deal with issues on a very regular basis. Newcomers need to
<br/>> know that.
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<br/>> -Dan
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<br/>> On 6/4/2013 5:27 AM, Thomas ROBERT wrote:
<br/>> > Hello everyone,
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<br/>> > I'm using owncloud for a few month now and I would like to give you my
<br/>> > feedback about it. So this message is mostly for the developers of
<br/>> > ownCloud.
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<br/>> > Just to give you some context, I'm the "CIO" of an association and we
<br/>> > need a storage system.
<br/>> > The specifications of our system is:
<br/>> > - storage of the files on the cloud
<br/>> > - we have different folders, one for each of our activity (~ 3 Go,
<br/>> > mostly odp and pdf but also sometimes bigger files)
<br/>> > - 1 computer sync with all the files (synced with the master user)
<br/>> > - users that can have access to some of the folders of the master user
<br/>> > (sharing configuration chosen by this master user) and that need to be
<br/>> > able to sync them of their personal computer
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<br/>> > We first use Dropbox with its sharing option and client sync. A few
<br/>> > month ago, I chose to switch from Dropbox to ownCloud because it
<br/>> > seemed to have nice advantages (keeping files on my own server, having
<br/>> > the storage space I want, better managing of user accounts, calendar
<br/>> > function, etc.).
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<br/>> > Currently I must say that the sharing and deleting function of
<br/>> > owncloud is quite problematic regarding my intense usage of it, and
<br/>> > far away from those of Dropbox and Google Drive.
<br/>> > ownCloud is based on a very nice concept but still have - I think -
<br/>> > some very big issues to fix before being ready for a powerful use. I'm
<br/>> > having for example big difficulties with the client software (don't
<br/>> > sync, ...), with versionning and the deletion of shared files etc.
<br/>> >
<br/>> > I also feel like the development of ownCloud is either slow or focused
<br/>> > on things I don't see or use. When I propose a vital function
<br/>> > according to me, it seems that in your system it's impossible to be
<br/>> > done. Ex : https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/3058
<br/>> > Maybe it's just because ownCloud is developed for another kind of
<br/>> > usage than mine. Maybe my usage is a bit particular. But if you think
<br/>> > modifying ownCloud to fit my usage is worth it, maybe you should
<br/>> > reconsider how some big feature like sharing or deleting works because
<br/>> > it seems to me that you are stuck with the way it currently works.
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<br/>> > Again, I love the concept of ownCloud, but I'm using it for quite a
<br/>> > while now and I'm now thinking of switching again for Google Drive
<br/>> > because of all the problems I'm having with ownCloud. And I'm quite
<br/>> > sad about it.
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<br/>> > I just wanted to give you guys my feedback of this software that I do
<br/>> > love in the concept, even if I'm having problems with it.
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<br/>> > Have a nice day.
<br/>> > Bye.
<br/>> > Thomas ROBERT
<br/>> > _______________________________________________
<br/>> > Owncloud mailing list
<br/>> > Owncloud@kde.org
<br/>> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
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