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Many people have wondered at the utility of multi-user editors.  In
the "collaboration technology" community, two uses of multi-user
editors (among others) are frequently mentioned: (1) coauthoring a
paper/proposal/design and (2) tutoring.

In these situations, users are often in "conference" mode, meaning
that while one types/talks, the others watch and listen.  This would
eliminate the obvious difficulty arising from many users typing at the
same time.

As for how a multi-user editor can be implemented, the short answer is
that it is probably not worth doing.  The folks in the collaboration
technology community have opted for more general approaches such as
window sharing in which users will see the same window on their
screens/displays.  This way, users can potentially share more tools
than just editors.

CSCW proceedings would be a reasonable place to look if you are
interested in more information on "collaboration technology."


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