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On Iau, 2004-09-02 at 10:52, Spam wrote:
>   Btw, version control for ordinary files would be a great feature. I
>   think something like it is available through Windows 2000/3 server.
>   Isn't it called "Shadow Copies". It works over network shares. :)

Netapps have done this for years with NFS, Subversion does it with DAV,
clearcase does it with NFS.