[X Newbies] Backup Software (Was: Partitioning Drive?)

[Steven Rogers]

On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 02:28 PM, Vincent Cayenne wrote:

> At 3:00p -0400 2003.05.21, Florin Alexander Neumann wrote:
>> Morever, in this respect I'd rather not rely on a shareware tool. 
>> Shareware authors -- and some of their stuff is better than some 
>> offerings of 'reputable' companies -- simply do not have the 
>> resources for the kind of testing Dantz or FWB do (or should do).
>
> Interesting point - at what point is shareware no longer shareware but 
> instead a 'reputable' company with the kind of resources to do 
> extensive testing? I'd cite the authors of GraphicConverter and 
> VueScan as interesting case studies in this regard. And PackIt begat 
> StuffIt.

True, but these programs don't involve support for a wide variety of 
devices like backup SW does.

SR