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Adrian Midgley wrote:
Requirements --------------------- The LMC wants to be able to run a threaded discussion protected by password security. In my view the connections should use SSL/ssh or similar security, since matters discussed might touch on patient information that would allow inference attacks, and also since NHS sysadmins should not be tempted to allow anyone access to such streams of information.
Would a private newsgroup server meet the threaded discussion need? It would thus not mandate any specific client, and possibly a web interface could be made available for those unwilling to use a news client. Archiving requirements?
The population involved is technically inept, time-pressured, irritable, bad at typing. IE this thing needs to be pretty simple.
The term "Users" will do.
Further to that, I see a need for a collaborative document preparation, manual updating and generally holding easily-alterable pages in common. THis is not the immediate need but should be considered.
I'm a tad unclear as to whether this include connectivity issues, i.e. do you want a bank of modems included in the work, would it be expected to run on the same server etc. Or were you expecting an Internet connectivity based solution? i.e. These systems already dial into the Internet but are firewalled. Collaborative document work, like a Wiki, or like version control and workflow (such as Lotus Notes). Notes also does threaded discussions, but it wasn't easy to use, or terribly good last time I looked. I think it supports NNTP. Anyway sounds interesting to me, I need more clients South and West of Swindon. Clients in Wales, London and Lincoln are all well and good, but it doesn't half put the mileage up. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.