by Mario Apicella

Test Center Tracker: What not to do with backups – Got Macs?

analysis
Sep 26, 20071 min

Label me moron? I can't resist taking a shot at the latest "Off The Record" story where the anonymous (keep it that way, pal) writer narrates of a trouble with Monday backups. What put me off is not as much that person using scotch tape to keep tape labels in place, although that warranted the "Label me moron" award from one of the comments. What calls for immediate expulsion from the IT community, is that this

Label me moron? I can’t resist taking a shot at the latest “Off The Record” story where the anonymous (keep it that way, pal) writer narrates of a trouble with Monday backups. What put me off is not as much that person using scotch tape to keep tape labels in place, although that warranted the “Label me moron” award from one of the comments.

What calls for immediate expulsion from the IT community, is that this individual responds to a tape full message during a Monday backup starting to delete files. Now that’s more than moronic, that’s dangerous behavior, like playing Russian roulette with company data, that apparently went on for a year or so. Read the full story and feel free to comment.

Got Macs? For you Mac lovers out there David Marshall has some interesting news on how to use desktop virtualizatiom to reach those “can’t do without” Linux or Windows apps.

If more Mac-ego boost is Mac-needed, Tom Yager is unveiling another episode of his friend’s (and his own) journey toward Mac-perfection. Well, sort of an ego boost, considering that the sub-title is: “Mac Sense and Nonsense”, nevertheless always informative and entertaining.