hansbkk AT gmail DOT com wrote:

>>>> Incidentally, is there a Windows backup program as good as BackupPC?
>> I should have said that there does not seem to be a Microsoft backup
>> program. I'm reluctant to run non-MS programs, for the same reason that I
>> do not like to run unofficial Fedora or CentOS programs, since I have
>> found that they frequently cause problems after updates.
> 
> Every MS Windows OS I've used (since 3.0x in the 8086 days) has
> shipped with a free backup program.
> 
> Many were basically useless, but I have to believe the post-XP ones
> may be a bit better.

I actually said that there did not seem to be a standard Microsoft
backup program that did incremental backups.
I notice that nobody has actually told me there is one.

> Your statement beggars belief - third party programs are only reason
> to run a Microsoft OS in the first place. You really have computers
> that have **only** Microsoft software on them??

Well, I would not spend money on Windows programs.
I got Windows XP from my university for €20, 
and Windows Office for the same amount.
Nearly all my laptops are Thinkpads,
and I religiously install all MS and Lenovo updates.
But I have never spent any money on any Windows program
apart from the €40 mentioned above.

As should be clear, I run Linux (Fedora/KDE) 95% of the time
(and CentOS on my two servers).
However, I always have a Windows partition I can boot from,
as I am not a religious fanatic, and there are some processes
(eg updating firmware) which require one to be running Windows.
I usually run printers under Windows until I can work out
how to run them under Linux (often very difficult).

> You use Paint rather than Photoshop to edit graphics?

I've never edited any graphics under Windows.

> It's like saying you would only put a Ford stereo in your car - or
> rather you want to buy a Michelin car so it'll be compatible with your
> tires, or - OK I'll shut up, be speechless. . .

That seems a bizarre analogy.
Most people buy a car with tyres already on it, I think.
I do actually install the tyres recommended by Mitsubishi 
in my Mitsubishi car.
Don't people usually do that?


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