werty316
07-11-2006, 06:56 PM
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3224
Google's "Platypus" project however, is an employee-only version of Gdrive
Google's unlimited storage service is getting closer to a public release according to a leaked prototype page (http://cocaman.ch/tmp_wp/?/2006/07/google-testing-gdrive-codename-platypus?www.dailytech.com) (mirror still available here (http://cocaman.ch/_platypus/)). The source code for the page claims Justin Rosenstein is the author, who happens to be the product manager for the Google Page Creator. Furthermore, the page claims (hidden comments in italics):
* Backup. If you lose your computer, grab a new one and reinstall Platypus. Your files will be on your new machine in minutes.
* Sync. Keep all your machines synchronized, even if they run different operating systems.
* VPN-less access. Not at a Google computer? View your files on the web at http://troutboard.com/p.
* Publish.[/b] All of the files you store on Platypus are automatically accessible from the (corporate) web.
* Share. Other Googlers can mount your Platypus folders and open your files in read-only mode.
* Collaborate. Create shared spaces to which multiple Googlers can write.
* Disconnected access. On the plane? VPN broken? All your files are still accessible.
* Local IO speeds. Open and save as quickly as you could if you were accessing them from your C: drive.
Google's "Platypus" project however, is an employee-only version of Gdrive
Google's unlimited storage service is getting closer to a public release according to a leaked prototype page (http://cocaman.ch/tmp_wp/?/2006/07/google-testing-gdrive-codename-platypus?www.dailytech.com) (mirror still available here (http://cocaman.ch/_platypus/)). The source code for the page claims Justin Rosenstein is the author, who happens to be the product manager for the Google Page Creator. Furthermore, the page claims (hidden comments in italics):
* Backup. If you lose your computer, grab a new one and reinstall Platypus. Your files will be on your new machine in minutes.
* Sync. Keep all your machines synchronized, even if they run different operating systems.
* VPN-less access. Not at a Google computer? View your files on the web at http://troutboard.com/p.
* Publish.[/b] All of the files you store on Platypus are automatically accessible from the (corporate) web.
* Share. Other Googlers can mount your Platypus folders and open your files in read-only mode.
* Collaborate. Create shared spaces to which multiple Googlers can write.
* Disconnected access. On the plane? VPN broken? All your files are still accessible.
* Local IO speeds. Open and save as quickly as you could if you were accessing them from your C: drive.