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The Backup Business
Dan Sherman wrote today about getting into the software backup business.
As more information is trusted to home computers, especially computers running Windows and Internet Explorer, it really is only a matter of time before they many people experience their first major computer crash and lose everything.
Dan’s idea is to start a service where you actually go into someone’s home and and setup a program to run on their computer to backup their data to a remote location because:
Backing up computers is the single most important task anyone who relies on their computer can do on a regular basis. But hardly anyone does it.
If you’re technically inclined and the idea appeals to you, check out BackupPC, free software that will allow operate the backend of such a service.
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