RE: What's a good versioning system for Office documents?

["Pradeep" <ninkozi -at- gmail -dot- com>]

1. In SVN, if A and B are both working on a doc and A checks in first, B
will get a message about his file being out-of-date or something. This way B
will know that A worked on the file, which is a GOOD THING. This ensures
much better communication.
2. File locking is available, it is just not strong file locks. A can lock a
file and B wont be able to do much with it. If A goes on leave without
releasing the locks, B can "steal" them! This is also a GOOD THING.
It is now obvious, I am a shill for SVN ;)

Pradeep


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>  On Behalf Of Lou Quillio
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:43 AM
> To: Andrew Warren
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: What's a good versioning system for Office documents?
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> Andrew Warren wrote:
> >     The question isn't whether file locking can replace all need for
> >     communication, but whether communication can replace all need
> >     for file locking.  I think the answer's "no"... And actually, I
> >     think your scenario presents a good argument FOR locking: In a
> >     small group, it should be easy to arrange things so 
> that multiple
> >     writers don't need simultaneous access to the same file.
> 
> Absolutely.  And ideally there's a human gatekeeper who 
> represents the lock, especially in such a small group with 
> relatively little content to manage.  I don't see a need to 
> automate much of this at all.  Should've said so in the first place.
> 
> LQ
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