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Yes, but too bad that frequent offsite automated backups were still at least a decade off in 1986. At the very least, the network bandwidth just simply wasn't
by quanticle 16y ago
Yes, but too bad that frequent offsite automated backups were still at least a decade off in 1986. At the very least, the network bandwidth just simply wasn't there. Heck, at this stage of the game, 1Mbps was considered to be blazing fast on a LAN. Even Internet backbones were 56k.
- mkramlich 16y agoi know for a fact that backups were possible in 86 and that's all that would be needed to turn an accidental deletion into a non-disaster but you're right, networking speed/bandwidth has gotten better since then, but that's irrelevant and I never claimed it hadn't. my point was that there is a simple, well-known solution/palliative for this, so no need for this kind of drama going forward.
- blantonl 16y agothe article clearly describes how they used backups to turn an accidental deletion into a non-disaster, in 1986.
- mkramlich 16y agoyes, and it's funny how your statement is consistent with my assertion that backups existed in 86, and that backups are a good thing. i love "arguments on the Internet" sometimes! :)