> Am 22.01.2018 um 21:50 schrieb Valeri Galtsev <galt...@kicp.uchicago.edu>: > > 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... > > Unlike the past scientists I work for plan to use MS PowerPoint, Word, also > store PDF files. All these are effectively binary files for version control > systems, then versions will not be stored as a small diff, but each version > ends up being the whole document. > > One obvious solution may be: just buy office365.com <http://office365.com/> > service, or set up MS server on our own machine. And these are the two things > I am trying to avoid. > > Could someone recommend open source software? Some collaborative suite > focused mostly on working on documents, with web based interface. > > I run owncloud server for my Department, and one in general can use that, but > I hope to find something more focused towards collaborative work. > > Thanks a lot for your advises and pointers.
Well, there’s Collabra Online - https://www.collaboraoffice.com/collabora-online/ <https://www.collaboraoffice.com/collabora-online/> - but I think it just allows you to edit documents on the browser. It can’t really allow two people editing the same document at the same time and then merge it - something that AFAIK Sharepoint can do. At least, I was under the impression that it can do that. You can download their CODE VM and check it out. For just file-sharing, there’s also SeaFile. But I see they also integrate with Collabra these days…. https://www.seafile.com/en/features/ For project management, there’s stuff like Project Open (http://www.project-open.com <http://www.project-open.com/> ) - but you have to see for yourself if it fits your use-case. Good luck and keep us updated about what you ended up doing. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
