WW_Watcher - 5:05 pm on Dec 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

Webdoctor, I do not hate the ODP, not sure where you got that, I just do not really care enough about it to hate it, it just does not matter anymore. I would happily buy it, & use it to boost the PR & traffic on other sites, I do not consider it having much value beyond that, & I would not support it for free.

My point is that if organizations do not value their data & applications enough to do disaster planning, follow proper backup procedures & test the restores to see if the disaster planning worked, then they deserve to lose their data & applications.

I totally agree with your hindsight & foresight statements, especially on the foresight, that is exactly what I have been preaching, it requires work, not one time work, but continual monitoring of the success of the backup, & test restores to ensure that you are getting it all, & in a fashion that can be restored. It is a never-ending job that professionals do every day to protect organizations from data loss.

Enough wasted effort on this subject, it's not even my problem,

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