Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff…

Linus Torvalds
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Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it. ✨ Linux-kernel Mailing List, www.webcitation.org. July 20, 1996.
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Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it. ✨ Linux-kernel Mailing List, www.webcitation.org. July 20, 1996.

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