Re: The Problem Seems To Be Both Simple And Predictable.
"the complete failure of the IT industry to make a simple and secure server product suitable for home use"
Failure to make? No, there've been such products about for years. Failure to sell, apparently so. But I suspect that the demand for storage as a service comes mostly from people wanting to access storage from mobile devices. Providing that from a home device would mean punching holes in the home router's firewall (apart from those pre-punched by too many vendors!) which would be beyond most of the potential market.
Maybe what's needed is a home device that can combine storage with router/firewall pre-configured to provide external access AND good security.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
