[John Prophet]

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Originally posted by Tazman
I also didn't want to have to rely on human interface because of reliability issues .

Mike

yep, that is pretty much going to always be the number 1 thing....we all take comps for granted but its amazing how many millions of office workers in USA dont have a clue yet and they get all confused and forgetfull about backups...or just lazy. Comps arent quite commodities yet...at least not like a tv where MOST peeps canjust use em no prob.

I did some work for an office and they had some kind of funky backup deal with an external usb drive and retrospect backup...well for some reason it would crap out...so I reset it all and it crapped out again a few days later...they never called me back and I know no one else has looked at it..when I was there working on something else I asked her about it and she gave some kind of vague answer about it..so Im not sure what kind of backup they do now.....for the quicken files of a decent sized real estate company.

But the average office worker usually doesnt really know how to go thru a "tree" and choose what files to backup..they choose "backup entire computer" lol. And yeah, if it takes more than a few minutes, they eventually balk and let it slide altogether.

One of the keys to succeed in most businesses in America is, unfortunately..you have to realize the totally lazy nature of Americans..so you have to make things super easy for them...like for a baby. If they have to think...its too hard.

JP