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On 16/01/13 01:02, Kai Hendry wrote: > On 3 January 2013 17:58, paul sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On the http://www.dcglug.org.uk/irc I have links to a few collaboration >> text editors (don't know what ever technical term there is for these) > > Why put it on the /irc page? Good question... >> Does anyone know of similar tools that offer things like spredsheet, and >> other functionality,, drawing, diagramming etc, > > Be good of you to promote open mergable formats like CSV & GNUplot > which I've been messing around lately with > https://github.com/kaihendry/laptemp Yes, there are loads of tools that try and do the "two author" type thing, but it I've rarely seen people trying to use them in anger. Tools that merge, or tools that simply hand over control (or control can be taken) can achieve the same thing with less discussion between collaborators, which ultimately is what limits scalability in parallel processing. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq