Document/collaboration server advise needed

[Oleg Cherkasov]

On 22. jan. 2018 21:52, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Three groups of scientists need to write documents collaboratively. They 
> are going to use MS PowerPoint, Word, also store PDF files. They want to 
> be able to add external people from other groups they collaborate with 
> and give them access to some areas or "projects". In other words, they 
> want some collaborative work environment, mostly to work on documents.
> 
> In the past scientists were using TeX, and one of version control 
> systems (CVS, subversion,...). And all was great, as TeX files (pretty 
> much like programs software developers write) are ASCII text files, and 
> diff of two version is rather small...
> 

If users are familiar with LaTeX/TeX then definitely try 
http://OverLeaf.com service.  For decent size of the documents it is 
free and if you need some extra project security then service has almost 
everything you need in paid version.  I have very positive experience 
with it so really recommend it to try.  I am not sure if they have an 
open source version you may install in your premises but you may ask for it.


Cheers,
Oleg