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The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits [05:07] (slate.com)
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Over 170,000 Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?

When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.

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[–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Thousands of non-profits (or whoever else) stored all their data in one location with one provider.

People never learn.

Do not entrust all your possessions to curved ships at once

Greek Proverb, 700BC (so nearly 3000 years ago)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    People rarely realize the importance of backups until they've suffered catastrophic data-loss, and even fewer people realize the benefit of having multiple, independent backups. Barely anyone I've talked with in person practice something like the 3-2-1 backup strategy

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago*

    I work in enterprise, where backup is taken seriously.

    I have friends who manage SMB networks, and boy do they have to work at convincing these people how important backup is. Fortunately there are some fairly standard systems for that space these days, including cloud systems. Just have to get them over the hump on costs.

    I quit trying to help family and friends do it. I'm not fighting to save you from yourself.

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