CoolBits Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) The goal of the notMac Challenge is to create the incentive for someone to make an alternative dotMac solution available for the general public. Since this is something that could benefit a large number of people in the Mac community, I figure what better way to create that incentive than to invite anyone interested to contribute to the reward. http://www.notmacchallenge.com/ Interesting... we might finally get something like .mac for free Another link http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/12/2145257 Edited December 27, 2006 by coolbits Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Freak Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 I live happily without .Mac Plus, just backup everything on an external HDD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-262657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwer Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 http://www.notmacchallenge.com/ Interesting... we might finally get something like .mac for free Another link http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/12/2145257 http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/mac/tips/idisk/idisk-v2.shtml And that link gives you all you need to create your own .notmac server. I've done it, it works. My question is though, who in their right mind is going to throw open a .notmac box open to people for next to no money? I mean, bandwidth costs money, hosting costs money, and administration costs money. Security costs money. Collecting the money costs money :-) So you have to charge something to cover the costs, and then people will want decent service levels and inevitably compare it to .mac - and Apple's economies of scale are such that you can never compete effectively. For a start you can never catch the switchers at install time like Apple do. On the other hand if its a 'use at your own risk' kind of thing, then no one will use it for 'serious' stuff - so why bother in the first place? Or am I a) a hard-bitten old cynic or missing the point? Answers on a postcard.... //R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-264744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I think it could be done similar to how Opera used to work. There was an advertising banner in the free version. The paid version has no such banners. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-265220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberracus Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 mmm and Apple couldnt change the way the Macs sync with .mac at any moment? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-268810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriX Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 I've been making my own installer for this for a little while now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-270442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBits Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 It would be nice if it was possible to make .mac services to work with gmail... like iDisk-gmail drive or @mac.com-@gmail.com Something free like that Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-270464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambsporriegetta Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Just donated some money to this.....good luck to 'em... I'll be there when they cross the finish line!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-272910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 If they could make it like an App, where you could make any online computer a "server," it'd be great. Otherwise, if you have to rely on someone else to make a server, it's usability is somewhat limited. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-273037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBits Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/1/3/6470 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-285482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicheusz Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Jungle disk with amazon S3 is pretty close what .mac can do http://www.jungledisk.com/howitworks.shtml I use www.box.net because is free. I just dying to get something like jungle disk/ iDisk to work with my www.box.net solution from http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/mac/tips/idisk/idisk-v2.shtml is little crappie because you must run your own server to backup, the idea of iDisk is different I don't know how about you but I fell safer knowing that my mail are on some web server rather than on my local disk. To big possibility to screw something (hmm this fell stay from my earlier windows experience) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-288348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasys Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 This is why i use Spymac in the first place Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-289063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Evil Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Solution posted. in beta testing. must have a look at spymac too. http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/09/26/not...olution.posted/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36941-notmac-challenge/#findComment-457293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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