[WinMac] 95/98 backup [WAS:Re: List discipline!]

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:25:40 -0500

        Dear Brian:

        You are right about most of us using NT instead of windoze 3.1/95/98: Us
Mac users and support engineers appreciate quality, and almost all of us
(at least the sane ones!) reject the garbage foisted upon the general public.

        That being said, here are two points:

        1) Most tape drives already come with "shovelware" for basic backup;

        2) UltraBac, which makes enterprise level NT backup software, now has
released a (beta) version for 95/98, with a 45 day free trial. Go to:
 <http://www.ultrabac.com> and click on the "DOWNLOAD" button at the top of
the page;

        3) Why not simply upgrade your pee-cee to NT and see for yourself why all
of us are so happy to begin with? Or are you just as tolerant of the
crashes in 95/98 as you are with the MacOS?!

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        Cheers!
        Dan

At 02:28 PM 2/18/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Sorry to blow the wind up under your skirts guys, but there seem to be too
>many NT techies on this list. Nothing personal, but this list is called
>"The Windows-MacOS cooperation list! I for one am getting tired hearing
>about all sorts of AlphaNT, NT this and DOS NT that. Why doesn't someone
>setup an NT list and leave the WIN-MAC COOP LIST to the rest of us???
>
>No, I am not asking for flames, I think that this is a reasonable request.
>I posted an e-mail a week ago about a Win backup utility and was seconded
>by another list member...not one reply! An incredible amount of bandwidth
>has been used however, on all sorts of non Win/Mac issues. If we are going
>to keep this list on track without a list mom, then people on this list are
>going to have to pull themselves together.
>
>That is just my two cents! My original posting was as follows:
>
>"I know that most of those on the list that use an MS system use NT, but I
>will ask the following question in the hope that someone can still provide
>the answer. Does anyone have a pet backup utility for Win 9.X? I use
>Retrospect on the Mac side, but only need I Win client, so I am assuming
>that there is something out there that is just as good, but cheaper than
>the cost of a 5 Win client Retrospect license. Any suggestions?"
>
>--Brian
>
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