Self Hosted Dropbox Alternative?

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Published on 2010-10-20T19:30:54Z Indexed on 2011/11/28 10:01 UTC
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Does anyone know of any self-hosted Dropbox alternatives?

We have a need to share files/folders between staff and partners (small scale) and for various reasons we'd prefer to host it ourselves.

Sharepoint seems a little too focussed on "check in/check out" and things like webdav/ftp seem a little kludgy.

In an ideal world something where you (as an IT person) can setup an area, make a user "owner" and from there they can add their customers would be great.

Windows or Virtual Appliance would be ideal.

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