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Kai Hendry wrote: > On 2006-07-12T08:35+0100 John Daragon wrote: >>> Just because your documents sit on your disk doesn't mean they're secure >>> from prying eyes. Your computer has network access doesn't it? >> Our documents sit in our document management system. Access is >> rigorously controlled, tracked, audited. As are revisions. We do this >> stuff for a living, and our data is either valuable or confidential or >> both. I'm not sure it would be legal (let alone sensible) for us to >> entrust it to a third party disk space supplier. > > Practically all my data is in subversion and it's probably better > maintained than your data. :) My code is in subversion. As are versioned development documents. Perfectly sensible. > My point is your network is on the Internet. No it's not. I'd be pretty surprised if you could work out where I am at the moment. > You deal with customers via > the same network, the Internet. You deliver this 'valuable' data via the > same insecure network. Who is the amateur? Your sense of security is a > myth. 10/10 for assumptions, kiddo. >>> Do you send emails with documents attached? >> Only the ones we've decided we want people to see. This decision is >> itself audited. I don't think this is unusual in non-amateur installations. > > Bureaucracy can be added to a Web/network application. > >>> Most people currently invest their trust to Microsoft. People might want >>> to take the leap and start trusting other companies too and reap the >>> rewards. >> It's *nothing* to do with Microsoft! We're absolutely pragmatic where it >> comes to software selection. Scalix? Absolutely. > > What is scalix supposed to mean? It's an open-source mail and diary repository that talks very nicely to MS Outlook. -- John Daragon argv[0] limited Lambs Lawn Cottage, Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton, TA3 5SL, UK v +44 (0) 1460 234068 f +44 (0) 1460 234069 m +44 (0) 7836 576127 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html