On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:06 AM, phartz...@gmail.com <phartz...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:49 AM, John Duncan Yoyo > <johnduncany...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Classmates.com isn't really the cloud it is just a smoky room. > > > > She should probably duplicate her organizing efforts on Facebook as well > as > > using one of the online photo storage options as a backup. > > She keeps her backups on good old terra firma, and she has backups > of all that had disappeared, at least the stuff that she had uploaded > to Classmates. > > Classmates, Facebook etc. are sharing services not backup services. I wouldn't be surprised if the classmates images reappear soonish but I would feel more secure about things like smugmug, flickr, picassa as a backup/sharing alternative. The cloud is good as a third string backup for when the house burns down. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
