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In article <1995Apr6.034920.26550@gallant.apple.com> orc@pell.com (Orc) writes:

>   Any service provider that doesn't know how to do backups and who
>doesn't do them regularly on important files (like, say, the files
>belonging to the customers -- you know, those troublesome people
>who pay the bills) should have their Sparcservers taken away from
>them.

The truth in this contentious issue lies somewhere between all the rhetoric 
that's been spewed forth here.

1) Yes, the person in question was probably not using the best judgement 
leaving the only copies of "12 years worth of important work" on a Netcom 
shell account.  No matter what a system's policies are, it is a damn good idea 
to NOT have your only copies on a time-sharing Unix system or any machine 
that's not your own.  Or indeed, it's a good idea to back up on YOUR OWN.

2) Netcom and other providers should reliably backup their systems, as 
described above, and restore their systems to the best of their ability should 
something go wrong.

But I'd be damned before I'd store the only copies of 12 years' worth of work 
on my shell account, on CRL, Netcom or any system that isn't my own.

Mike
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