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Subject:Re: cloud backup services, for EXE files ? From:Jim Shaeffer <jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:58:59 -0500 (EST)
During my [mumble, mumble] years in the computer world, the pendulum has continually swung back and forth between being "tied to the mainframe" and being "independent."
Jim Shaeffer
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From: William Sherman <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com>
To: TechWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:16 pm
Subject: Re: cloud backup services, for EXE files ?
I really don't understand the need to store everything on the cloud. I
mean, the introduction of the IBM PC was a technological breakthrough that
many today don't grasp.
It freed people from being tied to the mainframe.
Today, it seems to be in vogue to get tied to the mainframe again.