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From: emp@ut-emx.UUCP (Omega.Mosley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: WARNING! FASTBACK may corrupt your hard disk!
Summary: About as dangerous as safe sex...
Keywords: hard disk, lost files, trojan horse
Message-ID: <294@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 87 04:24:21 GMT
References: <703@vaxine.UUCP> <2237@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Lines: 25
Posted: Thu Dec 10 22:24:21 1987

In article <2237@tekigm2.TEK.COM>, timothym@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Timothy D Margeson) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Like I said, Fastback IS dangerous! So, I told you so.....
> 
> -- 

...ok, time to toss in my two rubles worth in this mess...

...I've used Fastback for well over a year now, and have NEVER had a single
problem with the program itself. It has never botched a file backup or restore,
and has always performed perfuntory without exception.

...y'know, it's really common for someone to blame the software right off the
bat when a problem occurs. Hell, if it was as flawed as you say it is, then why
have several million (est) copies been either sold or pirated?

...ok, so Red Ryder for the Mac is a mess, and yeah, it sells, too. So I guess
you could try to get by with the sucker principle as your defense. However, it
looks to me you were just pissed, and decided to take the easy way you by
bitching about the software. Go check your system again, preferably after a
few beers...


						OM