[no subject]

Hence I was hoping to be able to have this sync
process occur transparently without requiring manual
interaction.
Some of the suggestions have given me a few ideas that
I need to explore and understand better.
I'll post if something works out really well.


--- Jay Loden <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:

> Well, since I don't see anyone else suggesting this:
> 
> Maybe a wiki?  I've heard of several businesses out
> there using wikis or forms 
> of them. They have shared document capability,
> revision history, and capacity 
> to deal with word documents as uploaded files. 
> 
> You could set up a server with something like Plone
&gt; ( <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://plone.org";>http://plone.org</a> ) or a 
&gt; wiki on it and they can log in from the road and
&gt; edit/revise/share documents 
&gt; with full revision history. Depending on the exact
&gt; needs of the group, you 
&gt; could even have them edit the documents as wiki
&gt; pages, and make an export 
&gt; function that turns the wiki page into an rtf file
&gt; for use with Word. 
&gt; 
&gt; That way they can edit online, export, edit offline,
&gt; and merge changes back in 
&gt; with simple copy and paste. I'm more familiar with
&gt; Plone than a straight 
&gt; wiki, but I know Plone has the capability to copy
&gt; and paste formatted text 
&gt; from a word document and preserve the formatting. 
&gt; 
&gt; It might be more complicated than what you're
&gt; looking for, but it would 
&gt; certainly fit the bill, and it'd be pretty
&gt; scaleable.
&gt; 
&gt; -Jay
&gt; 
&gt; On Tuesday 07 June 2005 02:29 pm, Jason Smith wrote:
&gt; &gt; Hi all,
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; This is not strictly a Linux question as much as a
&gt; &gt; general technology question.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Problem : Transparent document sharing
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; 1. I have a few colleagues who often travel to
&gt; client
&gt; &gt; sites.
&gt; &gt; 2. While away and also while in the office, they
&gt; &gt; create documents on their (Windows) laptops.
&gt; &gt; 3. I would like to set things up so that the
&gt; latest
&gt; &gt; version of project related documents on their
&gt; laptops
&gt; &gt; are available to the rest of the (local) team.
&gt; &gt; 4. It would be best if this happened
&gt; &gt; transparently/automatically ;as requiring someone
&gt; to
&gt; &gt; manually check in their documents does not seem to
&gt; be
&gt; &gt; effective.
&gt; &gt; 5. While working on their laptop they are not
&gt; always
&gt; &gt; connected to the Internet ... so the
&gt; synchronization
&gt; &gt; mechanism needs to occur whenever they do connect
&gt; to
&gt; &gt; the Internet.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Solutions
&gt; &gt; 1. I was thinking of simple solutions like a
&gt; script
&gt; &gt; that woke up every 5 mins and would scp the
&gt; documents
&gt; &gt; over / send an email with the document as an
&gt; &gt; attachment and so on.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Are there more elegant non-obstrusive ways of
&gt; doing
&gt; &gt; this ?
&gt; &gt;


Thanks,
Anonymous Coward


		
__________________________________ 
Discover Yahoo! 
Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! 
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html";>http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html</a>


</pre>
<!--X-Body-of-Message-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-End-->
<!--X-Follow-Ups-->
<hr>
<ul><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong><a name="00375" href="msg00375.html">[ale] Question: Transparent document sharing over the Internet</a></strong>
<ul><li><em>From:</em> esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)</li></ul></li>
</ul></li></ul>
<!--X-Follow-Ups-End-->
<!--X-References-->
<ul><li><strong>References</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong><a name="00324" href="msg00324.html">[ale] Question: Transparent document sharing over the Internet</a></strong>
<ul><li><em>From:</em> jloden at toughguy.net (Jay Loden)</li></ul></li>
</ul></li></ul>
<!--X-References-End-->
<!--X-BotPNI-->
<ul>
<li>Prev by Date:
<strong><a href="msg00343.html">[ale] CUPS &amp; gimp-print</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Next by Date:
<strong><a href="msg00345.html">[ale] Question: Transparent document sharing over the Internet</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Previous by thread:
<strong><a href="msg00324.html">[ale] Question: Transparent document sharing over the Internet</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Next by thread:
<strong><a href="msg00375.html">[ale] Question: Transparent document sharing over the Internet</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Index(es):
<ul>
<li><a href="maillist.html#00344"><strong>Date</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="threads.html#00344"><strong>Thread</strong></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<!--X-BotPNI-End-->
<!--X-User-Footer-->
<!--X-User-Footer-End-->
</body>
</html>