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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sharepoint actually has version control
built into. You can check out, save and check in things like Word documents
and Excel spreadsheets.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Alas that feature like much of Sharepoint
only works in IE.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Charles Shapiro<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 06, 2008
10:33 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">ale@ale.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Documents and
VCS (was Re: Anyone looking for a new gig?)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Heh. I've been updating
documentation this week. I do all my work on the local wiki. My boss has
promised me he'll put it on sharepoint when I'm finished.<br>
<br>
Best of both worlds, I reckon.<br>
<br>
-- CHS<br>
<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 10/5/08, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>George
L. Allen</span></b> <<a href="mailto:glallen01@gmail.com">glallen01@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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> I don't know, I pretty much agree with you for the most part, then<br>
> again, I've pretty much treated documents as simply another piece of<br>
> source code and managed it much the same way.<br>
<br>
<br>
Exactly!<br>
<br>
That's why LaTeX, vi, sed/awk, etc. are such beautiful things...<br>
<br>
I just wish the masses could be taught the same, not the tools, but at<br>
least the mindset. Want more from your candidates for office (software).<br>
<br>
I think wikis are great, and the Army (where I work) has a few different<br>
projects in that vein (changing mindsets is an understatement), but... it<br>
just doesn't work out.<br>
<br>
I got into a discussion about several systems (including sharepoint)<br>
compared to wikis - arguing that the limitation in content types (only<br>
articles and supporting graphics, content contained by the page) was a<br>
strength of wikis as opposed to a weakness - because it forced users to<br>
worry about the darn content, and not to get caught up in the nuances of<br>
'Document Workspaces' and hierarchies upon hierarchies of lost cruft.<br>
<br>
Plus with all content in a indexed searchable namespace rather than buried<br>
in the cruft, the management of the pages themselves, as opposed to the<br>
content within the pages, looks logarithmic instead of linear (at best).<br>
<br>
I dunno - maybe we just get the tools we ask for, hence the *nix CNC-mill<br>
with welding and smelting options for those who seek it, and one hammer<br>
fits all for everyone else.<br>
<br>
<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Until later, Geoffrey<br>
><br>
> Those who would give up essential <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Liberty</st1:place></st1:City>,
to purchase a little<br>
> temporary Safety, deserve neither <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Liberty</st1:place></st1:City>
nor Safety.<br>
> - Benjamin Franklin<br>
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