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Hi Simon On 01/10/2007, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The role of the server will be to mount as a hard drive to windows > > boxes probably through WebDav. I have never done this before and > > obviously don't want to mess up! So the questions are: > > 1. Would someone be willing to do this for me? If so what would be the > > cost. And how much would you charge for an ongoing service charge > > please? > > Webdav is a bit of a curiosity, and what I've seen doesn't impress me. > > Too many little tweaks needed to make it all work smoothly, even then > the functionality is limited and the presentation of it as a "web file > system" tempts folk to use it like a proper file system (which it isn't). > > What are they hoping to get out of a file server like this, as we were > looking at a little Perl tool that does a simple remote file store > service if all you want is just control of a small number of files in a > distributed team. That tool could be run in most purchased web hosts > that provide Perl on Linux/Unix. Although how that compared to managed > services like Google apps costwise I haven't looked closely. > I have already gone down the road of Google apps etc and they don't seem interested! Too much change - this is a church!!! (Have you heard the joke.... How many Anglicans does it take to change a lightbulb? CHANGE!!!). Anyway, I'm interested in this perl idea because I do already run a web server hosted at Fasthosts. Contact me off-list if you want. Many thanks. -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- 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