Maybe this all had to do with this in some way? https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/reverse-dns-issue-for-some-delegations-in-the-ripe-ncc-service-region <https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/reverse-dns-issue-for-some-delegations-in-the-ripe-ncc-service-region>
> Am 17.03.2017 um 15:24 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > Mike Kerner wrote: > > > For everyone who does anything with dropbox, it's been down since at > > least 2AM EDT. > > For this morning: > > Network outages for popular services can often be tracked using third-party > tools. Searching Google for "is dropbox down" led me to this report > confirming that many others have reported similar issues with Dropbox today: > > http://downdetector.com/status/dropbox > <http://downdetector.com/status/dropbox> > > > For this afternoon: > > Nextcloud - can't say enough good things about it. Free and open source, > available here: > > https://nextcloud.com/ <https://nextcloud.com/> > > [Pardon the long pitch, but it's a free package and a really good one:] > > Ever since I started using it I've stopped using Dropbox, Google Drive, and > other services I'd used in the past. Why? Better sync, more flexible > options, and completely under my own control all the way down to how much > storage space I want. > > Nextcloud is a PHP package that installs under Apache. As such it's not yet > an end-user consumer product (a partnership with Western Digital is in the > process of producing one), but is very well suited for anyone comfortable > with setting up Apache. > > Dual-licensed like LiveCode, the GPL edition is probably more than adequate > for the needs of most readers here (though the Enterprise edition has some > components that may be worth considering if you're running a larger business). > > You install Nextcloud on any VPS or dedicated server, and once installed > you're limited only by your server's disk capacity. > > You can set up any number of user accounts, establish disk quotas for them if > needed, and share files between them or even publicly. You can sync any > number of folders, and synced folders maintain versions when files change so > you can revert to any earlier version at any time. > > Nextcloud has native clients for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. > > I originally tried it as a solution for syncing my LiveCode Plugins folder > across all the machines I work on, and as the only option with native clients > for all three OS families that alone made it an instant favorite. > > Since then I've discovered that it includes a considerable number of apps, > included an embedded version of LibreOffice, contact, photo management, etc., > with more available from their third-party collection. > > I had the pleasure of meeting the project founder and director, Frank > Karlitschek, at the SoCal Linux Expo a couple weeks ago, along with the > project's community manager and head of marketing, Jos Poortvliet. Both > fun-loving, hard-working people, committed to the vision of putting people > back in control of their cloud systems. > > Until they get a turnkey consumer device shipping, Nextcloud may not be for > everyone just yet. > > But for developers in an increasingly interconnected world that already has > us configuring Apache, Nextcloud can be a very good solution for cloud > storage and more. > > If nothing else, consider: > > When a public cloud service like Dropbox goes down, your only recourse is to > wait and pray. > > If your Nextcloud server goes down (and mine never has in the many years I've > been running it), chances are you'll just reboot and be back in business in > minutes. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com <mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > http://www.FourthWorld.com <http://www.fourthworld.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Matthias Rebbe Bramkampsieke 13 32312 Lübbecke Tel +49 5741 310000 +49 160 5504462 Fax: +49 5741 310002 eMail: matth...@m-r-d.de <mailto:matth...@m-r-d.de> BR5 Konverter - BR5 -> MP3 <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/portfolio/produkte/brx/> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
