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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
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- Subject: Re: Floppy Backup, Re: 32bit Shareware backup program.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.172317.26801@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 17:23:17 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.054001.11676@cco.caltech.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul21.054001.11676@cco.caltech.edu> hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker) writes:
-
- >While the above data is correct, it neglects to include the cost of
- >the tape drive itself, which many people, myself included, would have
- >to buy to store anything on tape. Floppy drives, on the other hand,
- >are standard equipment on every PC I've ever seen. I think that is
- >the point others have been making in this thread.
-
- If you want to consider other costs, also consider the cost of the
- emloyee's time. With a tape drive, the employee has merely to insert
- a tape, start the backup, and go to lunch (or home for the evening).
- With a floppy backup, the employee must sit beside the computer
- inserting diskettes as required. This employee can't get much other
- work done during this time, and he can't leave his desk. This is a
- waste of company time, for which he's getting paid. That expense can
- be far greater than the cost of a tape drive.
-
- Especially for engineers making $35,000 starting salaries. And the
- cost increases with the amount of backups. Ideally, there should be
- an incremental backup every day and a complete backup every week.
- That's a lot of man-hours to waste.
-
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