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Ubuntu to store copies of all users' address books

Ubuntu to store copies of all users' address books

Posted Oct 14, 2009 17:15 UTC (Wed) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
Parent article: Ubuntu to store copies of all users' address books

Because that's what every Ubuntu user has always wanted: Canonical having a
copy of their contacts list.

Wow. Someone just didn't think this through.


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Ubuntu to store copies of all users' address books

Posted Oct 14, 2009 17:56 UTC (Wed) by whacker (guest, #55546) [Link]

Calm down people!

Obviously they will need to get the user to register with the service first!

And if this turns out to be a good idea, then general frameworks will be
created which can support multiple service providers etc.

If this idea succeeds, not only will Canonical have made a revenue stream for
itself, I imagine everybody else trying to copy it. No one will ever accuse
the GNU/Linux desktop of not being innovative again!

Good luck.

Ubuntu to store copies of all users' address books

Posted Oct 14, 2009 19:49 UTC (Wed) by Kit (guest, #55925) [Link]

>No one will ever accuse the GNU/Linux desktop of not being innovative again!

It doesn't really seem that innovative at all to me. MobileMe from Apple has been doing this and more for quite a long time, and there has been other services to sync various things (many for file storage, address books, etc).

I'll take privacy over innovation

Posted Oct 14, 2009 21:53 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

When I sit down at my computer, I don't think to myself "Oh, I hope the applications I'm using are innovative".

My privacy, on the other hand, is something I do think about.

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