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by wila 3194 days ago
I used to think like that, turns out things get out of hand quickly once it has to be used by non technical users. I also build a backup app, but in my case for virtual machines [0]

As feelix says it is easy to burn 1000 hours on it. In addition to what feelix says you need to write help, build a site, do a lot of testing, write an installer etc. It does not compare at all to writing a script for technical users.

[0] http://www.vimalin.com