Thor Lancelot Simon wrote (in part):

"Even experienced UNIX users occasionally enter rm *.* at the UNIX
prompt only to realize too late that they have removed the wrong
segment of the directory structure." - Microsoft WSS whitepaper

"That is why UNIX users frequently do backups so that when
they realize too late that they entered rm *.* it is a
simple matter to recover the lost files." - JDBeyer DKRM silverpaper

I have never met a Windows user who does backups on a regular basis,
although I have heard that some exist.

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