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I 100% agree. But it didnt work like it does today.
You could not collab, because the software wasnt build to take advantage of shared drives, which will bring back all the following issues as before.
Best case is open source software with the same funtionality as Docs or Word, but you can hook it up to any servers at setup.
Build a Wireguard VPN inside the programs for making it just as easy for the masses to use them.
I dont want the "cloud". I just want the same productivity.
There use to schemes to provide flexible locking to allow multiple people to edit documents located on the same local network. Never liked it nuch but others did. I expect that it is possible to develop and achieve shared documents and concurrent editing etc without Google. Maybe dust off old concepts etc.
Yeah, it's very possible! And I firmly believe that you would need to bring these features for broad adoption.
It would require a server and open source software. You dont need anything crazy for it.
Most of the software already exists. You only need to put them together.