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They should add:

- Run a static file server but huh, I don't have a full blown web server and/or php installed on my work station.

Seriously, I think syncthing provides a rather good solution for this problem. You have to install it on every machine though.

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> They should add:

> - Run a static file server but ...

Not really. To do a fair comparison, the three examples that I've listed are things you have to do each time (finding USB cable, or logging in the webmail, or opening Dropbox, etc.)

Here installing the PHP on a server is something you do only once for all.

Their premise is x <-> y.

Saying "I can run `python -m SimpleHTTPServer`" doesn't help- it's not the problem they seem to be solving. Or am I wrong?

From what I gather, it's a php page. You upload 1??? file or download that file - for that you have to know the URL. So it's rather x<->anyone who knows the URL.

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