I wanted to share a few of the responses we received when notifying the winners:<\/p>\n
“I am thrilled! I look forward to continuing to use your wonderful product!”
\n“Wow, what great news!”
\n“Love the product so far (although I hope I never need to use it!)”
\n“I have this installed on my shiny new MacBook Pro Unibody, and just finished my first backblaze backup. Sweet, eh?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
All of the winners can back up their computer and any USB or Firewire-attached drives\u2014ensuring their photos, music, and other documents are safe for the year to come.<\/p>\n
The winners who claimed their prize, including one who said “Awesome, I never win anything ;-)” are:<\/p>\n
Alex Vermulst
\nBrandon White
\nJeremiah Mankin
\nKevin Katz
\nRamon Silva
\nMark Allen
\nSimon O’Brien
\nJames Kachel
\nPeter Kazanjy
\nMike Chasman
\nJason Clarke
\nTymothy Bryce
\nPaul Hibbitts
\nPhillip Riggs
\nNeil Berkman
\nDan Crane II
\nCris Mitchell
\nAdam Simon
\nRay Smuckles
\nLouis Plante<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Congratulations to all of you and enjoy the Backblaze service!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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