TLDR: Think Sync, not Storage. =]
I think the main use case for most people adopting BeOrg is file syncing, particularly offline, not so much for simply storage as my hypothesis would be that most users are interested in a mobile clients for emacs org-mode than this as a stand alone iOS app. (so syncing, particularly offline availability would trump simple cloud storage).
I'd actually suggest taking a survey of users (if that's possible or even upvoting) to make sure you're developing the features which are goingto help you drive the community (and paid customers... you gotta eat). Flex those product management muscles. In particular if you can figure out between paid/tipping vs unpaid users that is interesting as well.
I know *personally*, I'd be keen to get sync.com support (in face, just filed a request) but that's because I want to move *off* Dropbox to it for both performance reasons (Dropbox agent seems to be going constantly berserk on OSX these days) and for enhanced security since they encrypt at rest (and also have a vault feature for my backups which right now I use a selective sync to avoid,.). YMMV. =]
I also figure you're going to see a much higher proportion of "roll your own" people paying than not. For example, a lot of emacs users will be comfy using OwnCloud etc rather than paid commerical services like Box or Goog or OneDrive though they may have access them. I have a large goog drive, I pay for dropbox for example because I need stuff offline syncing and wish to symlink folders so I have a common experience across linux and osx desktops. =]
ciao!
Daryl.
After adding Box sync and seeing very little uptake I've been a little more cautious about adding any other sync backends (as each requires testing for each release, SDKs need updating, etc). I want to add the ability for beorg to use any app which acts as a file provider if that turns out to be possible (may not for purposes of background refresh, etc so still some investigation to do). That way if One Drive supports being a file provider then beorg could use it. No ETA on this yet but I do hope to start looking into this soon.
+1
I just found out about this app and am about to go and find my Dropbox details to use it. I live in OneDrive (personal and business accounts) nowadays.
Support for OneDrive for Business would be nice.
If people want to use this post as a place to put their vote in for OneDrive support that would be great. There are many different storage backends - each of which has an overhead for ongoing maintenance, so I want to make sure there are sufficient users before adding additional options.
I like the idea, that would be nice to have support for several storage backends.
I use Dropbox just for BeOrg sync, my usual cloud storage is Google Drive.
Holger Pirk
Well, that is it, really: support for OneDrive as a storage backend would be awesome.
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