Because we are required to have access to our data for 10+ years, could
you imagine the archive data migration job if we changed products? (Yes
the agency has been using Networker for that long back on the Banyan
Vines Servers from the Mid-90s)... /ALE

> [Siobhan Ellis>] Enterprise Backups products are becoming a 
> commodity. If you look at the top ones, you'll notice the 
> functionality is very similar.
> The only differentiators, often, are a specific piece of 
> functionality that someone may want, or ongoing support costs 
> (You think NetWorker support costs are bad, look at 
> NetBackup!). It's a sad thing, as I am a big supporter of 
> NetWorker, but often the reason someone doesn't change is it 
> is just too hard. But having said that, why change? Because 
> you'll just get more of the same. No product is perfect, and 
> no release is perfect. You change to another product, I 
> guarantee you'll have headaches.

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