This is true for many values of "Dropbox" -- "Sharepoint", "NFS mount", etc.
The real trick, IMO, is getting everyone to buy in to an organizational system that doesn't require a ton of bookkeeping. Any shared file system that requires users to act in a cooperative manner is bound to fail -- tragedy of the commons, and all.
The trick I've used before to some degree of success is to set up a system that doesn't require cooperation. Hand each user their own folder, and tell them that they can structure it however they'd like, and that they can share it out with no one or anyone.
There's pain up front, but IMO it's better to spread the pain around early than realize your shared file system has 2.4 terabytes of files dating back to 2003, some of which are business critical and others are personal photos from the bosses secretary four secretaries ago.
The real trick, IMO, is getting everyone to buy in to an organizational system that doesn't require a ton of bookkeeping. Any shared file system that requires users to act in a cooperative manner is bound to fail -- tragedy of the commons, and all.
The trick I've used before to some degree of success is to set up a system that doesn't require cooperation. Hand each user their own folder, and tell them that they can structure it however they'd like, and that they can share it out with no one or anyone.
There's pain up front, but IMO it's better to spread the pain around early than realize your shared file system has 2.4 terabytes of files dating back to 2003, some of which are business critical and others are personal photos from the bosses secretary four secretaries ago.