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17 days ago
Those of us who know Lilly know her to be a large teddy bear. Yes, she is, but she apparently hasn’t forgotten her prime directive. We were in Houston Camera Exchange today, which is in a colorful part of town. In walks this strange young woman with various traits that clearly mark her as being from another galaxy. She walks over and pets Lilly. Lilly knows that I expect her to play nice so she accepts the petting. However, people familiar with Lilly can tell she’s on Yellow Alert. The hapless woman is under close canine observation under she leaves. Gotta love the killer combination of Shepherdy instincts and Chowish stealth. Good girl.
55 days ago
Well, let’s review. You have already stated that Carbonite cannot currently meet my needs so it’s out of the running. That makes you simply an expert in the field, doesn’t it? Oh yes, I do blog. That’s just another reason why I say what I mean and mean what I say. I am quite real, with quite real requirements. So far, only Mozy seems to get close to them, but you know the market far better than I ever will. Right now, I’m trying Mozy. But, time will tell. From: David Friend [mailto:DFriend@carbonite.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 19:59 To: royall@conchbbs.com Subject: RE: Carbonite You’ll have to tell me! I can see it on the blogs now: “Carbonite CEO recommends competitor’s product.” J David Friend Chairman & CEO Carbonite, Inc. 177 Huntington Ave., 15thFloor Boston, MA 02115 Office: 617-587-1110 Fax: 617-587-1101 ...
55 days ago
From: Scott Royall [mailto:royall@conchbbs.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 14:54 To: 'David Friend' Subject: RE: Carbonite So, now that you really know my usage model, which of your competitors would you recommend? (Hey, I can’t imagine a more honest observer under the circumstances.) From: David Friend [mailto:DFriend@carbonite.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 14:45 To: royall@conchbbs.com Subject: RE: Carbonite Good points, and thanks again for your thinking on this complicated issue. Dave David Friend Chairman & CEO Carbonite, Inc. 177 Huntington Ave., 15thFloor Boston, MA 02115 Office: 617-587-1110 Fax: 617-587-1101 www.carbonite.com Backup. Simple. From: Scott Royall [mailto:royall@conchbbs.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 ...
55 days ago
I am struck how our two topics of conversation are converging. You don’t like caps, but that is really what cellular carriers do in practice. The paragraph you cite indicates that AT&T will simply give you a surcharge if you exceed the cap, but that’s not what happens. In practice, if you exceed your limit more than once or twice, your contract is terminated with cause. If you don’t believe me, please listen to past podcasts of Mobile Tech Roundup. The explanation the carriers give is that these data hogs are abusing and overtaxing the networks. That should seem very familiar to you! You don’t like caps, but I think the current Carbonite plan is crying out to be gamed. As I’ve said, l could easily game Carbonite by writing a script to copy my 115GB Music folder to the internal drive in, say, 50GB chunks. As long as the client sees the files in each chunk within every 60 days, your server would obediently maintain a virtual archive. Of course you know what I mean, but ...
