Russell Johnson wrote, On 04/13/2011 03:42 PM: > On Apr 13, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote: > >> Other people have been telling you how this can be done; my question >> is: are you sure you want to? > Which is another way to ask... Just because we CAN do a thing does not mean > that we SHOULD do a thing. > > Russell Johnson > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug As an implementation consultant you create a LOT of doc. At some point you need to get it from point A to point B. Invariably one of those points is across a corporate firewall. As enterprise software has become more complex, the supporting doc has grown. I currently have a 60MB doc that goes through the step by step of installing automation software across 6 servers. It contains a LOT of screen shots, thus big file size.
There is a rule that says you can't plug in USB devices that don't have encryption software, which by the way only works on Windows. There isn't a rule that says you can't move doc from your linux laptop to the Corporate sharepoint. The former is done for security, the latter is an unintended side effect. File size limitations on email aren't security prevention measures. They are cost of storage issues. I understand the need to cut down on the general rabble emailing 100MB files around, but at some point you need to be able to get large amounts of information from point A to point B without having to open a help desk ticket, get 6 approvals, wait four weeks for a firewall port to be opened, all on a three week contract. Diminishing returns on efficiency mean diminishing returns on productivity. WebDAV is a good suggestion, but at the end of the day, Bank of America or JPMC need the doc to reside on their internal sharepoint, be in doc/docx format, and all the other trappings that come with working in corporate environments. I love to evangelize F/OSS, but I don't sell you the bridge, I just build it. For those facing the same issue, I got around the problem with Ubuntu One. 5 GB file size limit, thank you very much Canonical. -- Daniel Herrington Director of Field Services Robert Mark Technologies o: 651-769-2574 m: 503-358-8575 www.robertmark.com CA Workload Automation r11.3 is now GA. Contact us if you have any questions about the new release or want to discuss your company’s upgrade path. Follow Robert Mark on LinkedIn! http://www.linkedin.com/company/robert-mark-technologies/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
