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Re: GSoC: collaborative editing
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Brian Templeton |
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Re: GSoC: collaborative editing |
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Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:02:16 -0400 |
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"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:
> Brian Templeton writes:
>
> > I have considered a P2P architecture, but as Stefan mentions, that makes
> > it much harder to ensure consistency, and P2P algorithms are
> > considerably more complicated than algorithms that rely on a central
> > server.
>
> Basically what you're saying is "OK, let's impose an arbitrary total
> ordering on the changes." Indeed that makes writing the collaborative
> tool easier, but it also undermines collaboration by giving priority
> to getting there *first* rather than doing it *better*.
>
Most P2P algorithms *do* impose a total order on operations; it's just
more difficult to maintain that order.
Re: GSoC: collaborative editing, Stefan Monnier, 2009/04/13
Re: GSoC: collaborative editing, Brian Templeton, 2009/04/13
Re: GSoC: collaborative editing, Richard M Stallman, 2009/04/14
Re: GSoC: collaborative editing, Thomas Lord, 2009/04/14
Re: GSoC: collaborative editing, Brian Templeton, 2009/04/14