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.