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We really have three OK-ish options for rich collaboration: * CRDT's * OT * Maybe differential synchronization If a key OT partisan now backs CRDT, that's a

by mlyle 5y ago

We really have three OK-ish options for rich collaboration: * CRDT's * OT * Maybe differential synchronization If a key OT partisan now backs CRDT, that's a significant development. It means CRDT's arguments have become compelling enough to convince people on the other side. Now, maybe something new and wonderful will pop up and supplant all of the above...

williamstein 5y ago
In CoCalc, I use a fourth approach that I think isn’t in your list. https://blog.cocalc.com/2018/10/11/collaborative-editing.html https://blog.cocalc.com/2018/10/11/collaborative-editing.htm... I don’t claim it is better than any other approach, except it is easy to understand. Also I’m not sure that it isn’t technically an extreme special case of OT.
- mlyle 5y ago
  > Also I’m not sure that it isn’t technically an extreme special case of OT. It sure looks like the trivial case of OT to me.