On 06/15/2010 11:42 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 06/15/2010 05:14 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
>>   
>>> In a message dated 2010.06.15 02:29 -0500, jonathon wrote:
...
>>>> Did you know that there was a macro for OOo 1.1.x that provided that
>>>> functionality?
>>>>       
>>> No. But just to be clear, the functionality you refer is this?:
>>>     
>>>>>> ... the recovery aspect [has] a real benefit. As I indicated, the
>>>>>> current system does leave the possibility of having closely
>>>>>> related documents recovered to different points in the workflow.
>>>>>>           
>>> So it was a macro to link documents fo synchronization, including 
>>> synchronized recovery following a document crash?  If so, I would love 
>>> to see how that worked.  If I have misunderstood your point, please correct.
>>>
>>>     
>>>> It worked about as well as the equivalent in MSO97. (I don't remember
>>>> when Microsoft removed that functionality from MSO.)
>>>>       
>>> I did not know MSO ever had such capability [but my ignorance is vast ;-) ].
...
>>
>> I am unlcear about the macro & functionality that Jonathan refers to.
>> However, I do have both OOo 1.1 and MSO97 and can test/check both if he
>> can clarify. MSO97 is currently operational on a Win2K virtual machine &
>> it would only take me about and hour to install OOo 1.1 from the
>> original CD on the same VM.
>>

> I *think* these links might be at least related to what Jonathon is 
> talking about although both refer to software considerably later than 
> MSO 97 and OOo 1.1:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Groove
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/TeamDrive
> 
> 

Thanks Harold. What you are referring to is more along the lines of
server collaboration, so I suspect that may not be what he is referring to.

That said; if jonathon cares to offer some details, I'll be happy to
fire up MSO97 and OOo 1.1 to test.

BTW: other collaboration projects/offerings are here:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Solutions
[Content & Document Management Systems, Search Technology]


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