Microsoft Skydrive for ulimited use

Hello!

At the beginning of Sep 2011 I`ve read that Microsoft
plans to share skydrive cloud drive for photos and docs
for unlimited use. For any other data apart from photos
docs there would be still 25 GB free space for use.

Do you know when Microsoft will launch this feature?
It is nearly half of October 2011 and Skydrive haven`t
changed yet.

Thank you in advance for help
Netm.

 

I`ve read it on Polish chip.pl web page, but this news occured
also on many foreign portals.

Here is one of example:

http://www.wpcentral.com/skydrive-get-unlimited-storage

Netm.

 

Google translated copy of chip.pl article:
"SkyDrive unlimited capacity for photos and documents"
http://translate.google.com/transla...-ograniczen-pojemnosci-dla-zdjec-i-dokumentow
(short URL: http://tinyurl.com/3vet9o9)

No reference to an actual Microsoft spokesperson or statement.

Blogs aren't worthy news sources. Notice this "news" article never
lists a reference to statements by Microsoft reps. If this were a
worthy news source with trusted journalists, why does the site hide
behind a private registration at GoDaddy?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20110049-75/windows-8-to-tap-heavily-into-windows-live/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20106037-75/microsoft-touts-skydrive-integration-in-windows-8/
(*)

(*) Microsoft links to the Youtube video on their Explore Live site.
The video author (windowslive) is an MS team.

Microsoft is gearing up for integration of Skydrive with Windows 8 to
store files in the cloud (so be prepared for intrusion, theft, data
loss, and corruption). The mantra of cloud promoters is "you WILL join
our grid".

Also remember that unlimited is not the same as infinite by definitions
established by service providers. Remember when dial-up and DSL ISPs
claimed you would get unlimited bandwidth yet they cut/disconnected your
service at around 4 hours. You could reconnect (it is automatic and
very quick for DSL if your router has a keep-alive feature) but you did
lose your current connections, so a huge download would get interrupted
and you would lose it (unless you were using a download manager that
supported resume AND the site also supported resume).

Saying unlimited is just more marketing lies. Obviously storage cannot
be infinite. More likely is there will be a cap on the max size of a
document file and a max count of how many documents you can have but,
yeah, the storage space is "unlimited" but you'll never be able to
surpass some maximum consumption.

They may indeed increase the quotas at SkyDrive but it looks the change
is oriented to its incorporation with Windows 8 - which is not yet
released, just beta.

There's a finite mass to this planet and everything in, on, or around it
so a finite amount of data that can stored using it. That you don't
have infinite bandwidth means you will be limited as to how many bytes
could be transferred over your entire lifetime. There will be a limit.
It may get enlarged, especially since it is no longer a means of drawing
customers into paid services but will also be implemented in Windows 8.

Rather than rely of speculations through various rumor mills, wait until
Microsoft makes an official statement. It's a "feature" of Windows 8 to
be released around Fall 2012. Yes, Microsoft may make changes in their
Live services, including Skydrive, before then but they also may make
those changes so they are primarily available only to Windows 8 users
(just like they used IE9 to lure users to newer versions of Windows).
Tis sad that Microsoft thinks they have to battle Apple with the result
of what Windows 8 looks like. Yuck.