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Subject: Re: Comments on FASTBACK disk backup ut
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Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 10:08:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  3 10:08:00 1987
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I've been reading the responses to this base note because I'm also
interested in finding a good backup utility.  However, most of the 
negative responses have been little use in judging FASTBACK because
the authors of those responses have not indicated what version they
were using.  I think the current version is around 5.1.

When trying to decide which software package to buy, the bugs of past
versions are of little interest as long as they've been fixed (there 
will be some interest if one is trying to judge the track record).

I am not saying that those who are using (have used) previous versions
should not respond.  Their input would be valuable to those trying to 
decide whether to upgrade or not.  What I am saying is that the input
is worthless unless the version number is included.

This applies to all evaluations of software.

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