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Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:11:22 +0200
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> Am Donnerstag, 2. September 2004 11:52 schrieb Spam:
>>   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. :)
>> 
>>   It allows you to restore previous versions of the file even if you
>>   delete or overwrite it.

> There's no need to do that in kernel, unless you want to be able
> to force it unto users.

  Exactly ;)

  Difference with having it in just certain applications like Gnome-VFS
  etc is that it would work with all applications, over SMB shares
  etc. This is a great advantage and benefit for many desktop users
  but also in a corporate environment. Even though there are backups
  of users documents it is a pain to restore them every time they
  loose the original file. Besides, the backup is never as fresh
  either.
  

> 	Regards
> 		Oliver