​OwnCloud Founder Forks Popular Open-Source Cloud

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Frank Karlitschek, co-founder and former CTO of ownCloud, announced he’s forking the popular IaaS cloud program into “Nextcloud.”

OwnCloud, a very popular, open-source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud program, has been forked by its founder Frank Karlitschek. The fork, Nextcloud, will be available in early July. 

For this new project Karlitschek’s philosophy is for Nextcloud to give you “full control over your data. We will help you achieve a safe home for all your data. Secure, under your control and developed in an open, transparent and trustworthy way.”

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