Friends and backups
Tags :Rant
Through
an IM conversation today with a friend, I get the sad story of the whole
website being overwritten by another developer. Who also happened
to then overwrite the backup folder on the other developers workstation.
So in essence they managed to overwrite the entire site that was
correct. So you ask the same question I do, just restore for last
night's backup and viola. Well here is the catch. Apparently
they follow a different calendar. They only back up on weekend nights.
So you say, well two day old website is better than messed up one
and just add the changes right? Well not when the guy that comes
in to burn the backup to cd couldn't come in for the weekend? I guess
automated backups and schedules are a thing of the past.
The other
catch I asked was how did this other developer overwrite the data on your
machine??? The answer? Quite simple. The big boss mandates
that he must have everyone's local password and he let that developer log
into the machine. Nice touch? Viola!
For
some backup humor
As for anything else today, well I am living
like everyone and just watching the news. A friend from Canada just
found out about the deadline and is now in worry mode. Hopefully
this all passes well for all...........
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On Tuesday, March 18th, 2003 by Chris Miller
