OneDrive slashing storage limits from 15GB to 5GB on July 27

I guess when it comes down to it, they're a business, and if they weren't making money out of it you wouldn't have any storage at all.

I would never rely on just juan drive.

bapu
I would never rely on just juan drive.

But sooner or later it is just the juan ewe (getting better at spelling) can count on being reliable at (at best)
But which??

I use Crash Plan for cloud backups of music projects etc, on the advice of Noel Borthwick of Cake. It works perfectly and is quite reasonable price-wise too. 
 
In terms of free cloud space, I just use that for small documents and the like, so I'm never likely to go over the limit. For instance I have various business related docs backed up on OneDrive and I doubt whether I'll ever hit 1GB, frankly. And I use Google Drive for PDF manuals, and also transferring photos from my phone to my desktop without having to use pesky USB cables. 

Luckily...or not...I don't have a clue what OneDrive is. Although I got the email too.

Someone I collab with uses OneDrive. I retrieve MANY large files from them and I've had tons of problems downloading from OD. I can pretty much count on multiple download failures for every batch of files they send. I have to make a list of/keep track of/babysit all the individual files before, during and after the downloads to make sure I've gotten everything instead of just starting the downloads and walking away like I can with Dropbox.
 
Eventually I get them all but sometimes I have to restart individual downloads half a dozen times or more. Like widdling away at them until I finally get everything. Real PITA time waster.
 
Of course Microsoft would affiliate themselves with something so annoying.
 
Dropbox has been rock solid for me and I use the free version. The only weird thing that happens is sometimes the file links I receive try to open in their "Preview/Player" thingie but I think that's more about how they are uploaded than anything else.
 
Anyway... I should probably let some people know about this so they don't lose files. This is reminiscent of the Gobbler fiasco (which thankfully I didn't bite on).

slartabartfast

Zargg71
It's a pity, but as mentioned they are a business and needs to survive. 

They in this case is Microsoft.
 
Struggling to keep afloat with $90,000,000.00 in cash reserves. 

Revenue numbers alone are meaningless ... what is their net?

BobF

slartabartfast

Zargg71
It's a pity, but as mentioned they are a business and needs to survive. 

They in this case is Microsoft.
 
Struggling to keep afloat with $90,000,000.00 in cash reserves. 

Revenue numbers alone are meaningless ... what is their net?

Cash reserve is not a revenue number. It is the actual value of cash they have on hand to spend on any damn thing they want. Your annual income is a revenue number, and is probably what you pay taxes on. Your cash reserve is how much money you have in the bank. http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/11/technology/overseas-cash-tech/
Their revenue is definitely down compared to their salad days, but they are certainly not in a position that they need to cut cloud storage to survive or prosper.
http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Financials?s=MSFT:NSQ
 

slartabartfast

BobF

slartabartfast

Zargg71
It's a pity, but as mentioned they are a business and needs to survive. 

They in this case is Microsoft.
 
Struggling to keep afloat with $90,000,000.00 in cash reserves. 

Revenue numbers alone are meaningless ... what is their net?

Cash reserve is not a revenue number. It is the actual value of cash they have on hand to spend on any damn thing they want. Your annual income is a revenue number, and is probably what you pay taxes on. Your cash reserve is how much money you have in the bank. http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/11/technology/overseas-cash-tech/
Their revenue is definitely down compared to their salad days, but they are certainly not in a position that they need to cut cloud storage to survive or prosper.
http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Financials?s=MSFT:NSQ
 

My bad. I stopped reading at re... I'm so used to people quoting revenue when they complain how little taxes get paid.  Speaking of which, if they paid taxes on their revenues they're dumber than dirt ;)
 
$90M isn't all that much for such a giant and why should they spend their reserves to provide stuff at a loss?
 
IMO the whole freebie cloud storage thing is just a way to get the masses used to the whole cloud and SaaS concept anyway.
 
 

BobF
 
$90M isn't all that much for such a giant and why should they spend their reserves to provide stuff at a loss? 

You are correct. I missed three zeros. Should have written $90,000,000,000.00, as it appeared in the reference link.
 
And I certainly did not mean to imply that anyone who is in business should be expected provide anything at a loss. My point was that the avarice expected from a business, should not be confused with an economy that is necessary to its survival. 

slartabartfast

BobF
 
$90M isn't all that much for such a giant and why should they spend their reserves to provide stuff at a loss? 

You are correct. I missed three zeros. Should have written $90,000,000,000.00, as it appeared in the reference link.
 
And I certainly did not mean to imply that anyone who is in business should be expected provide anything at a loss. My point was that the avarice expected from a business, should not be confused with an economy that is necessary to its survival. 

No prob on the zeros.  The amount doesn't change my view.
 
Do you feel the same about these quantities changing without prices being lowered?
 
Sugar - 5# to 4# (20%)
Mayo -  32oz to 30oz
Sausage - 16oz to 14oz
.
Ivory soap - 4oz to 3.5oz
.
etc, etc throughout our economy.  But there is no inflation.
 
I figure if suppliers can arbitrarily reduce the quantity/size/volume of stuff I'm actually paying for, why not reduce the amount of what they give away?

sharke
I use Crash Plan for cloud backups of music projects etc, on the advice of Noel Borthwick of Cake. It works perfectly and is quite reasonable price-wise too. 
 

I do the same with my DAW, Laptop DAW, Work/Personal computer and The Lovely Lady's computer. IIRC I'm on the 5 computer plan.
 
The only thing I've yet to do is get my NAS backed up via crash plan. Soon, very soon.

I'm trying to find a good archival system for my audio stuff and SWMBO's photo/video stuff.
 
Anybody know of a fast, inexpensive, fool-proof, ultra dense, permanent archival media that I can order from Amazon with FREE shipping?

I have backups covered.  I'm looking for an archive solution.
 
I've purchased 3T drives for my USB3 dock for $90 each.  These do a surprising number of diff backups.