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Simple file transfers between Macs and network servers are certainly
possible; I've done that (with VSS, not ClearCase). I take my
PowerBook to client sites and log on to their network. Novell and
Lotus Domino have client software for Macs, and I'm pretty sure there
was also a Mac client for NT4 (don't know about Win2k or XP),
although very few sysadmins know how to set them up. If you can't
convince them to buy the Mac clients, you can use Dave. Dave dances
with networks <g>.
Check-in/check-out is another story. For that, you usually need to
have the version control software actually running on your machine.
You can either (a) install Virtual PC or Soft Windows and then
install the version control software on your Windows partition, or
(b) do the file transfers with your Mac and use another workstation
to do the check-in or check-out.
A third option that I've used with several Mac-phobic companies when
I was working offsite:
I'd check out the doc to an onsite workstation and then save it to a
Zip cartridge. The Zip cart went back to my home office, where I did
my writing and editing with Word or FrameMaker on my Mac. The
completed file went back to the office on the Zip cart, and was saved
to my little corner of the server and checked in using the onsite
workstation. Several of those companies still don't know I did the
work on a Mac.
Heh, heh.
Kat
At 9:54 AM -0500 3/7/02, Dave Taylor wrote:
While we're discussing Clearcase, has anyone used it with FrameMaker
on Macintoshs? Is it practical (or even possible) to handle the
check-out/check-in activities via Windows or UNIX, but do the
writing on Macs?
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