I still don't use dropbox (used it briefly a long time ago), replace ftp with sftp and cvs with git and it might still be true-ish?
Another good thing about re-implementing, often these solutions are like 700 pound gorillas, built fast and trying to move trains not place flowerpots.
Usually the 700 pound gorilla can be gutted, and the danger of not gutting it is that everyone starts to think that having 700 pound gorillas in your backyard is a "normal" part of "modern" living (dystopia living, actually).
Another good thing about re-implementing, often these solutions are like 700 pound gorillas, built fast and trying to move trains not place flowerpots.
Usually the 700 pound gorilla can be gutted, and the danger of not gutting it is that everyone starts to think that having 700 pound gorillas in your backyard is a "normal" part of "modern" living (dystopia living, actually).
Which is how we arrive here: https://spectrum.ieee.org/cloud-computings-coming-energy-cri...
Where arguably the tech industry is fast becoming one of the most wasteful, hurtful things to this planet.