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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] WEBDav problem
From:       Dan Kegel <dank () kegel ! com>
Date:       2002-05-30 2:31:00
Message-ID: 3CF58EE4.48400DF8 () kegel ! com
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Just because 'all the major players' endorse something
doesn't mean it's going anywhere; look at X.500, for instance.

The versioning in the existing WebDAV is primitive, and the
versioning in the next version of WebDAV is so complex that
reading the standard is enough to drive you crazy.

WebDAV sounds like a good idea gone awry to me.  I wouldn't
trust my data to it; I'd rather just use a good revision
control system like Perforce.
- Dan

Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> WebDAV primitive??? I don't think so. WebDAV will be the file sharing
> mechanism of the future. All the major technologies, from CMS (Content
> Managment system) to Oracle to CDN (content delivery networks) to all major
> desktop apps (adobe, and MS) are adopting DAV as the default file sharing
> mechanism.
> 
> FTP is a file transfer protocol, and it is not designed for distributed
> authoring and versioning. FTP does not provide locking, properties, or
> versioning.
> 
> > Do people seriously use webdav?  Isn't it awfully primitive?
> > I seem to recall the current version hardly has any more
> > functionality than FTP, and the upcoming version is so
> > hideously complicated it's not worth considering.

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