On 25 October 2011 11:14, Roy Britten wrote: > On 25 October 2011 10:59, yuri wrote: >> I advocate having everything important stored *both* locally *and* on the >> net. > > When done appropriately, I agree. Dropbox isn't for anything you want > kept securely though.
I've often thought of partnering with someone in a different city to mirror each others important data. The advantage is that you can partner with someone you know and trust. Small, low-budget organisations could partner in this way to achieve cheap reliable off-site back-ups. > Also, spamming the list in order to get referral credits is in poor > taste. Don't. Agreed. I wasn't going to call the original poster in this, but if it becomes a habit we'll have to call on the list admin to discipline the offenders. I can forgive a one-off transgression. Yuri de Groot _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
