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This is cool, but what the cloud needs to truly work is a standard for communicating between any two services. Optimally, I should be able to use any Dropbox-type service with any web app, by setting "file opener" URLs. There would be some authentication method between the servers, and the file would be transferred over to the app for editing, and back to Dropbox when I press "save".

Is this feasible?

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Yes. There seems to be a need to connect cloud services so that, for example, service A and talk with service B without involving your PC into that connection. Something like DCE/RCP or DCOM for public cloud.

BTW, we started doing this with the following Chrome extension which allows you to edit Dropbox/Basecamp/Sugarsync files inside GoogleDocs: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/iobcbdgacfkninlcbp...

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