[UPHPU] Re: [waa] very cool free online backup service

[John]

> Mac Newbold wrote:
>> it's a *free* online backup service for windows xp machines, and it's
>> called
>> Mozy: http://www.mozy.com
>
>
> 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?

On their site, it says that they will send you product offers via email.

https://mozy.com/overview.php
"What We Get

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."

Thanks
John