I mean it looks very snazzy right when you first install it and start to use it, but has a lot of little issues hidden under the surface.
Couple of examples: Randomly deleting files because it got confused. Infinite loops. Essentially unusable on Windows servers (don't even try). etc.
As I said, I like OwnCloud, and I think it has a very bright future ahead of it. But it isn't "there" yet. I'd never use it in an enterprise in its current state.
Out of curiosity, what's wrong with clicking the "Share" button on an iCal, sorry, iCloud Calendar? My family (incl those on Windows) finds this works well.
But I do not use it for files. So good to know, that there might be a problem.
Did it "loose" the files, deleting the files from the server, or just the "link" to the files?
There is some kind of strange race condition with the syncing. It doesn't always happen. In fact it doesn't happen very often. But most people won't accept even a "rare" random file deletion from a product they're using to protect themselves from exactly that kind of data loss.
Thank you for the work you've done on ownCloud. It's a fantastic project and it would be my first choice for hosting as I self-host everything. But a client that is willing to delete files instead of syncing them is just not worth risking for me.
Links: http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3148 https://github.com/owncloud/mirall/issues/328
Baïkal http://baikal-server.com/
Radicale http://radicale.org/
DAViCal http://www.davical.org/
Many times grave errors like file deletion are really hard to reproduce because of special setups or other errors, that’s why we need logs and more info to be able to properly debug.
Thanks!