Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Jun 25 16:36:27 CDT 2013
Well for one Google docs comes to mind but I have also posted links to other open source products but the name(s) are not easily remembered. Here is a link to a simple HTML5 multi-user drawing webpage application: http://www.unionplatform.com/?page_id=2762 With the use of a very simple web page design, a text interface can be created that will allow many users the ability to be able to change a text windows content, simultaneously so the basic technology is hardly ground breaking. All that is needed is a webserver in the middle. The link above uses a OrbiterMicro library that makes it iPhone or Smartphone capable, though that is just an embellishment and a Cloud based server called the Union server but anyone with any webserver, on their network, can create such a website ...even using such standards as IIS, Apache or Nginx. That said, I am sure Microsoft has created a much more sophisticated web environment with fancy fonts, high-lighted colour to signify external contributions and added extensive formatting capabilities. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:50 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] MS Web apps real time coauthoring You apparently weren't as patient as I was (surprising) as they discussed Excel. I think some of this goes well beyond what I've seen in other apps. Nary a word uttered about Access though.