From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 23 20:20:26 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 248A8EC4D59 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:20:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from o1e9.cherkasov@yandex.com) Received: from forward101o.mail.yandex.net (forward101o.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::601]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "forwards.mail.yandex.net", Issuer "Yandex CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD5BE6CFF6 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:20:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from o1e9.cherkasov@yandex.com) Received: from mxback3j.mail.yandex.net (mxback3j.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1619::10c]) by forward101o.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 0368713442B8 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:20:20 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp2p.mail.yandex.net (smtp2p.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b6:7]) by mxback3j.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id sEAOdJkLIA-KJYi0NpV; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:20:19 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1516738819; bh=Di0AUgQtSLomCgOu9xe56Ud0PBy9IHUL61UIV1dvXRY=; h=Reply-To:Subject:To:References:From:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To; b=KuKsMlLXT8m5ak5u4VTfLjHfP8wx+6SN8u/FvEt/ftA2eoTPBRszKTtvytA7ppD7y 8npRzctazcLW+VENkP7lQaI93uTlb2i3U8kIPL0pPc6DZ/hi5xuakLF6Rhwt75hU0w sIOKhI2GopO3ZiY+q6VEJaaFDodbcOi86Jmb6trY= Received: by smtp2p.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id NPrCDvfKvT-KCOmJLCa; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:20:13 +0300 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1516738813; bh=Di0AUgQtSLomCgOu9xe56Ud0PBy9IHUL61UIV1dvXRY=; h=Reply-To:Subject:To:References:From:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To; b=ri9QfE41dg9G/zMOFuR2tcukFbvdZkrCTccY49EaXgt5b8DLzMEpicRrnSH+FpXGe jHh3LZcmfGp3o6tfw5KMUjDWJj+5FLzQHwrrH47i75tRblrhNfRRc19YHwqdc3/lL6 U8SCBSRXP8crqXBfClS30YE84FkGNX5qvsrEl8Ro= Authentication-Results: smtp2p.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.com Reply-To: o1e9@member.fsf.org Subject: Re: Document/collaboration server advise needed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Oleg Cherkasov Message-ID: Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:20:12 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:20:26 -0000 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