As the author of Sandstorm I'm biased, but this is my take:
OwnCloud is a great idea and has a lot of great features, but as a platform for "apps" it has some big limitations:
- AFAIK, there is no sandboxing. All apps can access all data, apps can "phone home" without permission, and one bad app can break your server. Under Sandstorm, each app instance runs in a separate sandbox and can only talk to other apps (or the internet) with permission.
- OwnCloud apps must be written in PHP, whereas Sandstorm can support any Linux-based tech stack.
That said, it would totally make sense to see OwnCloud as an app running inside Sandstorm.
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As the author of Sandstorm I'm biased, but this is my take:
OwnCloud is a great idea and has a lot of great features, but as a platform for "apps" it has some big limitations:
- AFAIK, there is no sandboxing. All apps can access all data, apps can "phone home" without permission, and one bad app can break your server. Under Sandstorm, each app instance runs in a separate sandbox and can only talk to other apps (or the internet) with permission.
- OwnCloud apps must be written in PHP, whereas Sandstorm can support any Linux-based tech stack.
That said, it would totally make sense to see OwnCloud as an app running inside Sandstorm.