[Leaplist] backup application

William A. Mahaffey III wam at hiwaay.net
Fri May 29 10:55:09 EDT 2009


Patrick wrote:
> I install Linux on systems to donate.
>
> I take in those systems that Smart Guys and Best Buy Geek Squad have 
> totally kluged, and for which folks have paid $50, $150, and more, 
> that nothing was done at all.
>
> There are a very few instances where I will reload Microsoft's totally 
> unsupported Win 2000,  or Win XP,  and  they have been, so far,
> 1. computer used for Framemaker on government contracts
> 2. computer used for SOS ( a home school program, for 5 students, that 
> ONLY runs on virus magnet.


How about a M$FT VM running under Linux, isolated from the internet, 
would that work for the SOS ?


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