Uploading cached files
One feature of GMAIL and Docs is that users can still process documents offline in a local store (cache) and upload cahnges to the remote servers after computers are connected to the internet. Describe a problem that could arise if two people have been working in parellel on the same document and they now come to upload the different cached copies to the server?



Software/Hardware used:
GMAIL AND Google Docs
ASKED: April 13, 2010  2:42 PM
UPDATED: April 13, 2010  10:48 PM

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This redaction looks like a homework assignment…

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It is worded pretty much like homework, I agree. Hate to leave someone totally without an answer though – so I think it’s fair to say that the same problem could occur if two people are saving updated Excel workbooks to a shared network folder, rather than Google in particular ;-)

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