On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:02:06AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-07-28 09:18, Eric Gerlach wrote: > [snip] > > > >Sure. Let's go with 1TB for $90. Now I have to make sure the client brings > >the drive in, backs up, and takes it home every day. Try explaining to them > >why that isn't worth the $3/mo that that Amazon charges them. You won't be > >getting paid for that consulting advice, that's for sure. > > > [snip] > > > >JungleDisk isn't about HD failure backup. It's about off-site backup, while > >being painless for the person using it. > > Woe is fricking me! > > My granfather and his accountant were alternately bringing home 13" > disk packs 30 years ago. They've obviously got newer hardware now > (tape drives), and he's passed on, but the blazingly simple task is > still the same: bring your important data off-site every night. > > It's just Something You Do.
s/do/used to do/ Sure, your grandfather did it, but give any small-business owner these two choices: 1. Every day, bring this drive in, plug it in, run this program, then take it home at night; or 2. Pay Amazon $3/mo and don't worry about it; and I bet over 80% of them choose #2. They'll say "The time it takes me to do that for one week is worth more than $3, let alone for the whole month!". The ones who choose #1 don't value their time enough, IMO. Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org