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[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add another point of view :)

I for one don't think google is an acceptable place to store things. So
google sync falls flat for me. However, I also don't think owncloud is.
I had to learn it the hard way and let it delete some important files
before I would believe it, but here I am, not using owncloud any more
either.

What does that leave me with?

Well, I still think Contacts/Calendar sync should be added in form of
generic CardDAV/CalDAV. This would, by the way, include Google and
owncloud for people who prefer those services.

Regarding files, I don't know... In my home I store things on a NAS
system, and mostly access it through NFS or sftp (depending whether that
share requires more performance or more security). As Rodney said,
syncing all of it to the phone is not an option. But turns out there's
only one use case I have which would be rather important: When I take a
photo with the camera it should end up on my NAS somehow. I don't even
need it the other way round. It's not that I would view all my pictures
on my phone. However, it should be possible to get to them when I need
certain files. Maybe the file manager needs to gain support for more
protocols like NFS/sftp etc? Or maybe dedicated content-hub plugins to
browse such shares?

Br,
Michael

On 04.04.2016 10:12, Alan Bell wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/04/16 17:25, Rodney Dawes wrote:
>> Not everyone wants to maintain their own server.
> but some people do! The phone project seems to be very very focussed on
> not taking any advantage of the fact that users might run Ubuntu
> desktops and servers and maybe a bunch of phones.
>>   The part of ownCloud
>> which is problematic as a general solution is the "own" part. Google,
>> Dropbox, iCloud, etc… do not provide compatibility with owncloud, so
>> while it theoretically allows some of us to have some level of sync, it
>> doesn't solve all the problems, and doesn't enable things for all.
> but it does enable things for people who buy into the concept of Free
> software and want their infrastructure to be Free software that works
> together. This is a perfectly good target niche.
>>
>> Note of course, that Google contacts/calendar sync is already on the
>> phone, and has been for a very long time now, so if Google is an
>> acceptable place for storing those things, it can be used (with some
>> small caveats, as it seems only default contacts/calendar are synced,
>> so alternate/subscribed calendars on Google don't get seem to be
>> exposed).
> working on the assumption that people are using Google to run all their
> stuff means that the phone is competing head to head with Android on
> Google's playing field. It isn't necessarily wrong to support those
> users, and yes, they might be a numerically large target, however there
> is a wide open opportunity to change the rules of the game and go a
> different way.
>

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