On 7 Oct 2005 at 15:39, Carl Donsbach wrote:

> --On Friday, October 07, 2005 3:49 PM -0400 "David W. Fenton" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On 7 Oct 2005 at 13:31, Carl Donsbach wrote:
> >
> >> The problem I have with autosave is that it is a
> >> substitute for a good habit.
> >
> > When I look at my undelete program's list of available file versions
> > to recover, I have more BAK and MUS versions than ASV versions. That
> > means I'm manually saving more often than the Autosave.
> >
> > So, I have good habits.
> 
> Sorry, David, I hope that's not how you read me - I never said or
> meant to imply that you didn't have good habits.  My observation is
> about the software, the way it is marketed, and the way too many
> people use it.

I didn't think you were criticizing me at all.

I was just saying that I think Autosave is a good thing even when you 
*do* have what you call "good habits" precisely because the backup 
systems we rely on to save ourselves from problems often fail 
together. While I Ctrl-S all the time, I'm glad that the Autosave 
file is there in the event that I might sometime need it.

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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