Comments on: Around the Web http://www.keenerliving.com/around-the-web A retired professional talks about life, technology, learning Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce http://www.keenerliving.com/around-the-web#comment-25665 Bruce Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:10:07 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2008/03/06/around-the-web/#comment-25665 You raise a good question Thomas. I am still inclined, I think, to go ahead and try to migrate all of my Outlook-stored emails to Gmail, so I have a backup, even though I do have backup *.pst files too. Maybe I do need to rethink canning Outlook entirely, though. My basic thought is that I just want to get away from having my data located where I cannot access it from anything but Windows. I want to be able to get at my data, regardless of the OS I am using at the time. I still have some tinkering to with Ubuntu, for example. Lance told me today that the new alpha release of it is looking mighty fine. And, of course I love my Mac, and it will stay my primary machine, but I don't want to have to be at it to get to my data. So, that's my thinking. It is hard to give up a tool you have used for years, though. You raise a good question Thomas. I am still inclined, I think, to go ahead and try to migrate all of my Outlook-stored emails to Gmail, so I have a backup, even though I do have backup *.pst files too.

Maybe I do need to rethink canning Outlook entirely, though. My basic thought is that I just want to get away from having my data located where I cannot access it from anything but Windows. I want to be able to get at my data, regardless of the OS I am using at the time. I still have some tinkering to with Ubuntu, for example. Lance told me today that the new alpha release of it is looking mighty fine. And, of course I love my Mac, and it will stay my primary machine, but I don’t want to have to be at it to get to my data.

So, that’s my thinking. It is hard to give up a tool you have used for years, though.

]]> By: Thomas R. Hall http://www.keenerliving.com/around-the-web#comment-25664 Thomas R. Hall Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:21 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2008/03/06/around-the-web/#comment-25664 Do you think that the iPhone 2.0 software announcement (syncing with Exchange server) would change your mind on this at all? Just curious. I'm trying to determine if I want to keep Outlook/Exchange and use Google tools, or just use one or the other. Do you think that the iPhone 2.0 software announcement (syncing with Exchange server) would change your mind on this at all? Just curious. I’m trying to determine if I want to keep Outlook/Exchange and use Google tools, or just use one or the other.

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