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To: Robert Douglas who wrote (7547)	12/14/1999 4:44:00 PM
From: Robert Salasidis	Respond to of 9256

If remote server are required - just buy a snap server from Quantum, put it somewhere else in the house (or in a fireproof enclosure), and there you have it - theftproof, fire resistant data duplication. That plus off site storage of tape backup media should be more than adequate for most applications. If it isn't the lack (or perceived lack) of data security with offsite backup will probably not be adequate either.

To: Robert Douglas who wrote (7547)	12/15/1999 3:46:00 PM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

Robert, I think the key words are "do it myself". You can manage your data, I can manage mine but can the mass market manage the complexities. I revel in a good system crash. I learn things I want to learn and develop skills I want to develop. Perhaps you do too.... but does the mass market? I think not. If internet connectivity is to be pervasive, it has to be a utility with centralized and efficient means of managing the complexities. Hardware has to be so cheap as to be disposable in the event of failure because truck rolls or returns are not economically viable. More generally,delivering services to the mass market means maximizing revenues, hardware means trying to minimize expense related to delivering those services. Ex the display, the hard drive and RAM are the thing standing in the way of disposable hardware (definition <$100.00). I don't see any way around RAM. If we are going to have mass market connectivity and thus realize the potential of e-commerce (and keep the tech sector from crashing), we have to think about what the mass market can handle. I just don't think they can handle the complexities inherent in managing their own data (whatever that data might be). The mass market wants connectivity "dial tone". I think that only centralized management can deliver that to them. Although us "geeks" would love to take the system apart and see what makes it perform, the mass market just wants it to work all the time, without fault, without effort. What, if true, does that mean to the distributed end user hardware? Thanks for the well wishes-- today I'm all the way up to semi-human, Paul