Article:		Smart File Sharing Between Macs and PCs
Subject:		Don't see the point here either
Date:		2004-01-31 08:35:08
From:		jcteo
The author mentioned using shared volumes requires the knowledge of "how to mount a file share in Mac OS X". Mounting a shared volume is a no-brainer. And certainly not any harder than configuring FileShare (judging by those screenshots). Not to mention with FileShare, you need to INSTALL the software on each and every machine you need to talk with. This "article" has the feel of one rather long advertisement.

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• Don't see the point here either
  2004-02-01 15:42:00  Wei-Meng Lee | [Reply | View]
  
  
  When I set out to write this article, the whole point is to share with the readers on yet another way to easily share files on both platforms. While this may seem like a no-brainer to most hardcore users, it is actually a useful tool for folks who do not want to understand the details of mounting a file share, etc.
  
  For the sake of full disclosure, I am not related to the company at all. I have not even contacted them.

• Don't see the point here either
  2004-02-01 08:49:33  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Well, it's not an advertisement. We have no relationship with the makers of this product.
  
  But I do think they have solved a problem for many people. Maybe not you, but certainly others, believe me. And if you had to explain cross platform file sharing to such a person, wouldn't it be nice to show them this article as a painless solution and support the efforts of a fellow developer at the same time?