Maybe you should take a look at Teamdrive (http://www.teamdrive.net)
The client is free and can be used with a webdav server, which you can setup
for yourself easily enough.
Currently there is only a windows client, but they are working on a linux
and mac client, which should become available during Q1 2009.

2009/1/13 Joseph Gwynne-Jones <[email protected]>

>  I use the JungleDisk myself but primarily as a backup method.
>
> It's excellent and since you can encrypt files before uploading, it ensure
> sensitive data is safe. However I don't use it as an iFolder replacement
> because the client frankly isn't simple enough for the end user - the amount
> of option it gives would scare off users.
>
> The best potential iFolder replacement I have seen is Dropbox (with clients
> for Windows, Linux and OSX) but this goes into Dropbox's own Amazon S3
> bucket, not yours, and while they do encrypt files...they own the key, not
> you and they use only S3 datacenters in USA - if you're in Europe, data
> privacy legalisation would obviously prevent the storage of data outside of
> Europe.
>
> So...while Dropbox is so painfully simple and easy to use and works so
> well...on other hand it have issues that prevent me from using it. So...I'm
> still looking for an iFolder replacement still...
>
> Matt Weisberg wrote:
>
> Seeing as OES2 SP1 has been out for a while with iFolder 3.7, it doesn't look 
> too good that an open source version will be coming.  I've asked many of my 
> contacts inside Novell about this, and it has fallen on deaf ears.  I was 
> particularly eager for the Mac client, but without a 3.7 back-end, it's kinda 
> worthless (Novell states that the 3.7 client is not supported against a 3.6 
> back-end, but it may work).  Purchasing all of OES to get iFolder seems 
> excessive.  So while I love and swear by iFolder (warts and all), I think 
> it's time to find a replacement and was wondering if anyone has found 
> something?
>
> Originally, I wanted something to host myself, as I fear storing sensitive 
> data in the "cloud," but it seems a lot of the solutions have 256-bit AES 
> encryption now and the storage on Amazon S3 is awfully cheap.  I was 
> particularly intrigued by JungleDisk (www.jungledisk.com).  Has anyone used 
> this or something like it to replace iFolder functionality?  Can something 
> like this FULLY replace iFolder?
>
> I need both individual folders and workgroup folders, so I need a solution 
> for both.  I also move between Windows, Mac, and Linux clients, so a cross 
> platform client that can sync changes between all three is a must.  If I host 
> something internally, encryption isn't mandatory since I can tunnel it, but 
> if I use the cloud, it is.
>
> I know this is way way off topic, but I figure I can't be the only one in 
> this boat.  I've not used Microsoft Groove at all, but I think that is out 
> due to cross platform issues.   What is everyone else doing?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Matt
> A sad iFolder user
>
>
>
>
>
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