It was one of those problems that everyone was solving in their own way. Either through shared folders, shared gmail accounts, mailing attachments, passing around USB sticks, or putting everything into a version control system.
There was no single solution that was both convenient, compatible across devices and platforms, and useful for all the usecases. Dropbox nailed that.
our school teacher has a mail.ru account the password for which is known by all the parents. if we're ill, we go there and see the homework :) anyone may change the password eventually as many people are not that internet savvy, i am always afraid of it
she should use dropbox, google docs or have a mailing list, but i don't know how to say that. she knows only web mail as it's around for decades...
There was no single solution that was both convenient, compatible across devices and platforms, and useful for all the usecases. Dropbox nailed that.