[UPHPU] very cool free online backup service

[Tierra]

On 9/27/05, Kenneth Burgener <kenneth at uvlug.org> wrote:
> This sounds awesome, but I must ask the obvious question...  they
> provide 2GB of *FREE* storage space.  Why?  It is only free to the
> person using the service.  Someone has to pay for the disk space.  Who
> and why would someone donate this much storage space free?
>
> I know gmail does 1GB of storage, but they make their money from
> advertisements and market research acquired from emails stored on their
> servers.  What is mozy's angle?

Actually, Gmail is 2.5GB right now (and still growing), and as
mentioned on the website:

"Here's the catch - aside from the good karma we get for offering a
great free service, every once in a while we get to send you email
advertisements for products and services that we think are useful."

- Bryan