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OSS Web-based File Management?

Posted by Cliff on from the was-this-what-Microsoft-meant dept.

breadiu asks: "I work for a department at a university, and we'd love to offer students some type of web-accessible file storage, but, like most educational institutions, money is tight. There are some great closed source solutions out there like Xythos' Digital Locker Suite, but those cost. I've had trouble finding a really well put together open source solution. I've taken a look at Slide and even Zope, but neither really match up to Xythos' offerings. What have others done to provide centralized file storage/management? Is there anything OSS that offers WebDAV, Apache support, BSD/Linux support and Active Directory-LDAP authentication with support for Windows and Mac clients?"

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  1. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frist psot

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP

  3. priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A barbaric attack has just occurred in London and you guys are blabbing on about OSS Web-based File Management? GET SOME PRIORITIES!

    1. Re:priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Your cries are to no avail. You even got modded -1, offtopic. That's the humanity of the slashdot crowd for you right there.

    2. Re:priorities by PHP+Addict · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      My priorities are just fine. I care just as much as the next guy, but if we let attacks like this disrupt our daily lives, then THE TERRORISTS WIN!

      In all sincerity, aside from offering up a prayer, there isn't much most of us can do.

      --
      Laziness, check. Impatience, check. Hubris, double check!
    3. Re:priorities by timster · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Alas, I told my boss "I have my priorities straight, so I need to stay home and feel sorry for the dead people in London" but he said something about how vacation time has to be approved a week in advance.

      --
      I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
    4. Re:priorities by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Don't forget the middle-class families in downtown Baghdad, who used to have running water, electricity and police protection, but now exchanged these for "freedom", along with the lives of their aunties and and baby sisters.

      --
      "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
      Never been known to fail..."
    5. Re:priorities by vanye · · Score: 0, Offtopic



      Actaully I thought it was "If Gabriel doesn't get to roller-blade to the Chelsea piers, then the terrorists have won".

    6. Re:priorities by Phil06 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Fine, but if you had used a dissenting voice like this in Iraq, you and your family members would be dead, killed by the Saddams secret police. You get to chose which side you are on, freedom or tyranny, the people of Baghdad had no choice. Which side are you on?

      --
      "...and yet, I blame society" Duke - Repo Man
    7. Re:priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      None of your alternate examples justifies the actions of Bush and Blair against Iraq, you silly. Don't you watch Fox?

    8. Re:priorities by Shardin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      No offense to my brothers over in London - but there were a couple more than 50 people dead in the World Trade Center attacks. 50 lives is 50 lives, and my heart goes out to those who are no longer with us and their families. But to compare the two attacks is like comparing my Aunt's 2kb personal address book getting eaten by a failed pen drive to Wikipedia's database getting sacked by a stray patriot missile. Are both horrible attrocities? Absolutely - but it's certainly not fair to compare the two.