The files in Dropbox are encryptable and only accessable by those who have that particular URL.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:40 PM, IBBoard <[email protected]> wrote: Sharepoint is a self-hosted solution. You are relying on a Microsoft > product, but the documents are never handed over to Microsoft and none of > the files never leave your network. It isn't perfect, but is generally > fairly secure (as secure as your networks, anyway) and companies can use > it. > > Dropbox is an unencrypted cloud solution. Once it is on the Dropbox severs > then any of the Dropbox staff /could/ read it. Or it could be copied or > otherwise lost by people who aren't your employees. Or it could be leaked > as party of a wider Dropbox hack/leak. Or it could be retrieved by a > foreign government (USA, I think) without your knowledge. Generally, it is > out of your corporate network perimeter and hence out of your control. In > general, that is *not* a good thing. > > That's not to say people can't use Dropbox. If you don't value your files > (or have some reason to trust that nothing will happen to your unencrypted > files in an unknown data centre or data centres) then that might be fine, > but for a company that has to protect its ideas and business secrets then > an internally hosted solution is the only sensible option, even if it is > from Microsoft. > On Feb 14, 2013 6:21 PM, "Felmon Davis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, IBBoard wrote: > > > > Microsoft might not have control over it, but Dropbox will. For a > >> business, > >> that is unacceptable - and rightly so, since it means important > documents > >> go outside your perimeter. Instead they use a document management system > >> (like Sharepoint or Alfresco) that they install and manage centrally. > >> > >> Unlike a wiki, a document management system gives full, normal document > >> management. Unlike a CMS it is all about documents, and unlike a LAN > share > >> it does versioning and workflow. > >> > >> Basically, Sharepoint is something for businesses. A normal user will > >> never > >> need it. > >> > > > > I don't understand the relation between these propositions: > > > > a) "Microsoft might not have control over it, but Dropbox will. For a > > business, that is unacceptable..." > > > > b) "Basically, Sharepoint is something for businesses." > > > > is the point that it is better for a business that Microsoft hold their > > documents than that Busybox does? > > > > just seeking clarification. > > > > (I have Busybox but don't use it for a number of reasons; I am not > > acquainted enough with Sharepoint.) > > > > F. > > > > On Feb 14, 2013 5:28 PM, "anne-ology" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Content Management System ;-) ... LAN ;-) ... a wiki ;-) ??? > >>> > >>> as to these - I haven't a clue; I'll continue to stick with > the > >>> KISs method ;-) > >>> > >>> But if we each sign up to use DropBox, we can each end up with > 6Gb > >>> of free space to use as we wish in sharing documents - > >>> and MsFt does not have any control over this :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected] > >>> >wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi :) > >>> > Ahh, so is it a sort of Content Management System that can be used to > >>> hold > >>> > documents centrally, like putting them on a shared folder on a Lan so > >>> that > >>> > everyone can work on the same file instead of each generating > different > >>> > copies and then trying to compare all the different ones to > incorporate > >>> all > >>> > the different changes? Sort of like a wiki? > >>> > Regards from > >>> > Tom :) > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > ------------------------------ > >>> > *From:* anne-ology <[email protected]> > >>> > *To:* Tom <[email protected]> > >>> > *Cc:* [email protected] > >>> > *Sent:* Thursday, 14 February 2013, 16:53 > >>> > *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point? > >>> > > >>> > Just 'searched' and found this - > >>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=s12Jb5Z2xaE< > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s12Jb5Z2xaE> > >>> > > >>> > Seems somewhat silly since we could all benefit if we were to > use > >>> > DropBox - > >>> > http://db.tt/v1nUSr8M > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected] > > > >>> > wrote: > >>> > > >>> > Hi :) > >>> > > Has anyone managed to get MS Sharepoint working with 4.0.0? > >>> Apparently > >>> > > it's one of the features that are supposed to be in the 4.0.0 > >>> although > >>> i > >>> > > have no idea what SharePoint is nor why anyone would use it. > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > According to the comments under this article > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> http://www.webupd8.org/2013/**02/libreoffice-40-available-** > >>> for-download.html< > http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/libreoffice-40-available-for-download.html> > >>> > > Somewhere about 1/4 up from the bottom > >>> > > "Алексей Бродкин • 6 days ago > >>> > > It seems like some of highlighted options are missing from this > >>> release. > >>> > > 1. Unity/Global menu integration - at least I cannot see it in > action > >>> or > >>> > > any toggle in setting > >>> > > 2. SharePoint integration. From here > http://tekonorma.fr/WPblogTN/** > >>> 2. <http://tekonorma.fr/WPblogTN/2.>.. > >>> I > >>> > > learnt that to have this option one needs to instal a corresponding > >>> > plug-in > >>> > > from here http://extensions.libreoffice.**... and you may see this > >>> link > >>> > > leads to "This page does not seem to exist..." - seems like due to > >>> legal > >>> > > issue plugin was removed." > >>> > > > >>> > > Sure enough the link didn't work so i got to the Extensions site > >>> another > >>> > > way but a quick search to find "sharepoint" or "share point" didn't > >>> > reveal > >>> > > any relevant Extensions. > >>> > > > >>> > > Regards from > >>> > > Tom :) > >>> > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
