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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:21:22 -0400
From: "Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] multiple gEDA users sharing networked libraries
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On 08/12/2015 02:52 PM, John Doty wrote:
> 
> On Aug 12, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
>> On 08/12/2015 01:44 PM, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via
>> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>>> The pros are that everyone has access to the same symbols and parts.
>>>
>>> The cons are that noone can work unless the server is online.
>>
>>  If your server is offline for more than a few moments in this day and
>> age, you need to fire either your admin or your upstream provider.
> 
> Some of us travel a lot, and do a lot of work offline, away from Internet service.

  I travel too, and I find Internet access just about anywhere.  Again,
this is 2015.

  However, the statement was about the SERVER BEING DOWN.  Wanting to do
development when one has no network connectivity is a different
situation...and does not constitute the "server being down".

                 -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA