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Sometimes there is no competition (none / 0) (#3)
by Anonymous User on Tue Mar 21, 2006 at 09:56:22 AM PDT

I recently was appalled that the new version of Retrospect clients for Windows were severely limited when backing up to a Retrospect server hosted on a Macintosh. It was just another step in the direction that EMC has taken since it acquired Dantz away from the platform, but this time it was revealed in the lack of QA versus the lack of update support. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any competition to Retrospect in the multiple platform backup realm whatsoever. It makes it hard to leave if there isn't anywhere else to go. Developers do seem to be increasingly pressured to deliver at specific times regardless of the quality. It is a poor practice and just shows which companies have moved to more agile processes. Then again, many programmers in the US are feeling the squeeze when faced with replacement by overseas counterparts. If I worked for even a medium-sized commodity software company, you can bet I'd deliver something whenever my marketing director wanted it.


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