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Please note that I am neither a developer nor applying for GSoC. I am
just the messenger and was not sure if either project (Design Hub &
ownCloud) knew about the other. ;-)

Allan Caeg put it best:
> I don't know what's been planned for the Design Hub already, but I think,
> it's possible for it to have a FOSS dropbox alternative package as a
> dependency. That way, we'll be hitting two birds with one stone :)


On 22 March 2010 12:48, Hasanat Kazmi <hasanatkazmi gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I plan to work on ownCloud (mentor: Frank) to bring synchronization.
> Initially my plan was to replicate (if not add more features) dropbox in
> owncloud. I see here we can collaborate.
> ownCloud is something more than dropbox, but sync is something which is core
> to the system.
> I think we can (indirectly?) use your software (or libs it uses) to create
> syncing for our system.
> What do you think about it?
> Are you applying in Gnome or KDE?
> Hasanat Kazmi
> +923464362473
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt <jan inquata com>
> wrote:
>>
>> There seems to be a real need for a FLOSS alternative to Dropbox in
>> both GNOME and KDE. Google Summer of Code is approaching and both DEs
>> have a collaboration tool on their list.
>>
>> GNOME has ideas for the front-end:
>> http://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode2010/Ideas#Other_Ideas
>> (Collaboration server/client)
>> KDE focuses more on the back-end:
>> http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2010/Ideas#ownCloud
>>
>> To have a DE-independent alternative to Dropbox (and Ubuntu One for
>> that matter …), wouldn’t it be great to collaborate on that project? I
>> didn’t know if either idea knew about the other, so here’s the update.
>> :)
>> _______________________________________________
>> Owncloud mailing list
>> Owncloud kde org
>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
>
>


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