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by Michael Horowitz
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On Thursday August 30th Walter Mossberg repeated his prior recommendation of the Mozy online backup service. While Mozy can fit the needs of some people, there are two sides to every coin and there is a downside to Mozy too. For the rest of the story, see my recent postings:

Michael Horowitz is an independent computer consultant and the author of several classes on Defensive Computing. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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Thanks for your backup Micheal!!
by dgreene77 September 2, 2007 11:12 PM PDT
Howwitz wrote his own AWESOME backup program and it's FREE!!

According to the revision log, he's been working on it since January 2002 - that's over FIVE YEARS so you know it's good - not like these guys that Walt Mossberg recommends.

[b]http://www.michaelhorowitz.com/backupscript.html[/b]

Thanks Michael!! :x
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Michael Horowitz is an independent computer consultant and the author of several classes on Defensive Computing. He views Defensive Computing as taking steps, when things are running well, to avoid or minimize the inevitable problems down the road. It's about educating yourself to the level where you can make your own intelligent decisions about keeping your computers and data happy and healthy. If you depend on computers, yet are on your own, without an IT department or nearby nerd, this blog's for you. His personal web site is michaelhorowitz.com.

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