Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:20:12 +0100 From: Oleg Cherkasov <o1e9.cherkasov@yandex.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Document/collaboration server advise needed Message-ID: <b3b81436-2e21-44f5-1df5-690421c4b142@yandex.com> In-Reply-To: <da157768-7566-994f-c377-66d6c3f961bc@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <da157768-7566-994f-c377-66d6c3f961bc@kicp.uchicago.edu>
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On 22. jan. 2018 21:52, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > Dear All, > > Three groups of scientists need to write documents collaboratively. They > are going to use MS PowerPoint, Word, also store PDF files. They want to > be able to add external people from other groups they collaborate with > and give them access to some areas or "projects". In other words, they > want some collaborative work environment, mostly to work on documents. > > In the past scientists were using TeX, and one of version control > systems (CVS, subversion,...). And all was great, as TeX files (pretty > much like programs software developers write) are ASCII text files, and > diff of two version is rather small... > If users are familiar with LaTeX/TeX then definitely try http://OverLeaf.com service. For decent size of the documents it is free and if you need some extra project security then service has almost everything you need in paid version. I have very positive experience with it so really recommend it to try. I am not sure if they have an open source version you may install in your premises but you may ask for it. Cheers, Oleg
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