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One of his well-known quotes is: "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." That strategy turned out
by guns 15y ago
One of his well-known quotes is: "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it."
That strategy turned out rather well, I'd say.
- DrHankPym 15y agoI really liked that quote, too, but what do you mean turned out rather well?
- guns 15y agoLinus repeats this line WRT distributed systems during his famous talk about git: "I have a theory about backups; I don't do them. I put stuff up on one site and everybody else mirrors it." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8#t=17m4s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8#t=17m4s