Is it dangerous to use both Sky Drive and Dropbox?

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Published on 2012-10-28T16:10:51Z Indexed on 2012/10/28 17:04 UTC
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I'd like to experiment with Sky Drive, but keep using my Dropbox account unless I decide to switch.

This answer gives instructions for how to set up both at the same time, but I'm a little worried about data integrity. Is there any danger involved here? Will Sky Drive and Dropbox fight each other? Note that I am using Sky Drive/Dropbox on multiple computers, so they will be writing data as well as reading it.

Is this safe?

Edit: I can use them with different folders if necessary, but I'm particularly curious what would happen if they sync from the same folder.

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