Re: Let's start over

On 2011-02-02 [email protected] wrote:
> Thank goodness there are people like me that will do it for a 6pack
> (fixing a virus) or a full case (complete back up and rebuild).   

Apparently your time is quite cheap. Mine, however, isn't. Still there
are people who seem to think my time is worth the money they have to pay
for it.

> I would never think about "charging" to back up someones stuff... Its
> too easy to back up (including the email PST files.  Now if I had to
> host storage for it and guarantee that the files were there... I can
> see being on to something.

Yes, backing stuff up is quite easy. Backing it up in a way that it can
be restored according to the requirements of the user is far from being
as easy, though. You seem to grossly underestimate the cost of
reliability and availability.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
-- 
"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
--Jason Coombs on Bugtraq

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