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[eric amundson <sewmyheadon@xxxxxxxxx>]

I completely agree.  I love /the idea/ of Ubuntu One and think it's 
headed in the right direction, but it's seriously beta (if not alpha) 
software, and not ready for prime time.

I'm a bit puzzled why it was included in Karmic.  If any other package 
behaved as poorly as U1 has, I'd have nixed it already and I'm concerned 
that it could leave a bad taste in the mouths of new Ubuntu users. I've 
spent too much time fiddling, troubleshooting and trying to get it to 
behave and still can't confidently relying on U1.

I would have liked to see it stay in beta for longer before Canonical 
released paid plans or included it in a release.

While I'd much rather give my money to Canonical, we'll be sticking with 
JungleDisk and Dropbox until the platform is more stable and reliable. :(

Thanks to the developers for continuing to work on Ubuntu One and I look 
forward to using it in the future.

On 11/17/2009 02:21 PM, Tony Willoughby wrote:
> I don't want to pile on, but I have had a similar experience.
>
> My main motivation for using the paid service was to financially 
> support Canonical.  But the fact is that U1 has never worked for me.  
> I've given up and moved to Dropbox.  I might come back and try again 
> in a year.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+bug/443047
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+bug/478352
>
>
>
> Forrest Sheng Bao wrote:
> > I have the same feeling. If UbuntuOne can't fix the problem soon, 
> > users will soon lose their loyalty. A part of the reason I use 
> > UbuntuOne is because that I want support an open source revenue way. 
> > But, if it causes me more trouble, I will leave it. I have been 
> > experiencing file conflict troubles all the time and sometimes my new 
> > files got swiped away by the sync though the versions on the server 
> > side were old.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Forrest
> >
> > Forrest Sheng Bao, BSEE, Graduate Student
> > Dept. of Computer Science/Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University
> > http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kyle Mecklem <kylemecklem@xxxxxxxxx 
> > <mailto:kylemecklem@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     To whom it may concern,
> >
> >     I am an avid Ubuntu user so when I first heard about Ubuntu One I 
> > was
> >     excited to use it to backup my business's data. Unfortunately no 
> > part
> >     of Ubuntu one has been working for me (using Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic). 
> > The
> >     application crashes as soon as I click it, the Ubuntu One folder 
> > hangs
> >     on "connecting..." and the web interface is unresponsive when I
> >     attempt to upload a large file.
> >
> >     I am forced to end my paid subscription with Ubuntu One and look 
> > into
> >     alternative cloud storage such as DropBox, CrashPlan or Jungle Disk.
> >
> >     I understand good software takes time to perfect, but I've waited
> >     nearly three weeks for the problems to be fixed. Am I suppose to pay
> >     monthly for zero service? As a company that has yet to make a 
> > profit;
> >     I would advise Canonical to spend more energy on the applications 
> > that
> >     will turn a profit.
> >
> >     --
> >     Kyle Mecklem - Website Designer & Developer
> >     http://www.kylemecklem.com
> >
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