FreeSSHd - The free missing puzzle piece for Windows Servers

It always amazes me how companies rehash basic concepts with a pretty bow and create a "revolution" out of nothing. A great example of why marketing can be key, I guess. Just like Apple created a hysteria out of uploading MP3 files onto a web, calling that "podcasting", Opera nowadays is doing the same thing out of bundling a nice file transfer client into their browser. I guess my understanding of what really goes on under the hood kills all the buzz for me... I can see, however, how from an end-user's perspective something something as fundamental as plonking your PowerPoint into your public_html directory and e-mailing your friend the link is revolutionary... especially when it's all pretty much reduced to a couple of easy "grandma friendly" steps. :)

The sad thing (at least for me) is that this is 200% marketing. Firefox has had this "platform" they discuss in the article since day one through their add-ons/extensions. In fact there are plugins for Firefox to upload photos to services like Yahoo's Flickr and Google's Picasa. Yesterday's news wrapped in today's cover page, if you ask me.