[quanticle]

Yes, but too bad that frequent offsite automated backups were still at least a decade off in 1986. At the very least, the network bandwidth just simply wasn't there. Heck, at this stage of the game, 1Mbps was considered to be blazing fast on a LAN. Even Internet backbones were 56k.

[mkramlich]

i know for a fact that backups were possible in 86 and that's all that would be needed to turn an accidental deletion into a non-disaster

but you're right, networking speed/bandwidth has gotten better since then, but that's irrelevant and I never claimed it hadn't. my point was that there is a simple, well-known solution/palliative for this, so no need for this kind of drama going forward.

[blantonl]

the article clearly describes how they used backups to turn an accidental deletion into a non-disaster, in 1986.

[mkramlich]

yes, and it's funny how your statement is consistent with my assertion that backups existed in 86, and that backups are a good thing. i love "arguments on the Internet" sometimes! :)