[09:27] <rmg51> Morning
[12:21] <teddy-dbear> Morning peoples, critters and everything else
[13:22] <WorkingTurkey> top of the mornin
[17:21] <ChinnoDog> Morning
[17:22] <ChinnoDog> So, OneDrive isn't a little cheaper than DropBox, it is a lot cheaper. $9.99/mo for 5 years each with 5tb of space.
[17:22] <ChinnoDog> s/years/users/
[17:23] <ChinnoDog> erg, lets try that again. $9.99/mo for 5 users each with 1tb of space = 5tb
[17:24] <lazypower> intro promo price, then a price hike i assume?
[17:24] <JonathanD> ChinnoDog: owncloud is good :P
[17:24] <JonathanD> to run your own.
[17:25] <lazypower> storage wars are a race to the bottom. Its eventually going to start going back up. Simple economics dictate that right now they're vying for users, and once they have a critical mass the pricing structure can and more than likely will change.
[17:30] <JonathanD> yes
[17:34] <ChinnoDog> But who knows how long that will be from now?
[17:36] <ChinnoDog> I could get cloud storage for me, my gf, and 3 parents for $10 and give them recent copies of Office. (I don't care about Office that much.)
[17:36] <ChinnoDog> Or I could pay $10/user for Dropbox.
[18:33] <ChinnoDog> I realize Dropbox is only offering 1tb to be competitive and that Google and MS are eating the costs so they can win the race. I think it is possible the cost of storage will fall fast enough that by the time the actual storage volume would have eaten into profit margins the cost of storage will be lower.
[18:33] <ChinnoDog> Therefore I think I can assume the cost of that 1TB will never go up no matter where I get it.
[18:34] <ChinnoDog> On the other hand, the cost of Cloud Drive could go up if they continue to be unlimited.
[18:46] <WorkingTurkey> but 9/10 users do not use 1tb
[18:46] <WorkingTurkey> right?
[18:46] <WorkingTurkey> so mostly everyone is paying plans larger than they need
[18:46] <WorkingTurkey> it's like cash,
[18:46] <WorkingTurkey> all the money is 'available' but if you tried to use all the money at once you'd get a bank run
[19:41] <ChinnoDog> Yes. Dropbox is counting on most people not using anywhere close to the limit. Their profit model breaks if that happens.
[19:41] <ChinnoDog> MS and Google count on that too but if people use too much they have deep pockets and can eat the cost.
[19:42] <ChinnoDog> imho Dropbox should create family plans in the knowledge that people savvy enough to sign up for dropbox have many friends and relatives that will barely use any space.