RE: Do you save any documents exclusively on the Web?

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Goldstein 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:19 PM
> To: 'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'
> Subject: Do you save any documents exclusively on the Web?
> 
> See
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArtic
le.jhtml?articleID=220600351>
> 
> This is especially relevant to those who use any form of 
> collaborative, Web-based documentation. Maybe you've saved 
> your own changes locally, but what about everyone else's changes?
> 
> Yes, Google Docs and T-Mobile's Sidekick are two different 
> animals. I hope security is better at Google, but "hope" 
> isn't a solid part of risk management.
> 
> (For extra Schadenfreude, the data services that crashed are 
> run by a Microsoft subsidiary called... wait for it... "Danger.")
> 
> What's that you say? You backed up your T-Mobile Sidekick 
> data to your local iMac folders? Well, good on ya -- just 
> don't upgrade to Snow Leopard, cause...
> 
>
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139250/Snow_Leopard_bug_deletes
_all_user_data?taxonomyId=1>
> 
> (My favorite quote from the new article: "Add my parents to 
> the list of people waxed by this bug. Brand new iMac, less 
> than one month old, EVERYTHING lost. Just as I convinced them 
> to go Mac after years of trying.")
> 
> What is this, National Data Loss Week?
> 
> Single-user Web-based docs can be backed up to a local HD 
> backup, thumb drive, or other medium. But collaborative 
> Web-based docs? Hmmm... How exactly do you save everyone 
> else's changes?
> 

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