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Asri-unix.1379 net.works utzoo!decvax!cca!ROSSID@Wharton-10@sri-unix Sun May 2 23:40:21 1982 Protection systems (an implementation) From: ROSSID at Wharton-10 (David Rossien) The Dialcom Tickler program, which is a personal and group calendar management, scheduler, tickler, diary program from Dialcom International (Silver Spring, MD) running on a Prime 750/780 has 13 levels of "protection", taking into account Secretaries, Bosses, Bosses-bosses, peers, project leaders of one project but not of others that you are doing, other people in a project but not in all projects, etc. It is VERY complex, but they have some programs which conversationally ask for the relationships of users and then create the protection levels for you. Kinda neat... I have been told, though, by Dialcom sales reps that only about 3 levels are used: Peer - Can see times I'm busy, can't know what I'm doing unless specifically allowed (can switch it so default is can always see what I'm doing unless not allowed) Boss - Can see times, what I'm doing unless private or personal (lunch with secretary at Sleepy Hollow Motel), and can add things without my permission (so boss can stuff something on my calendar w/o asking me first) Secty- Can see times I'm busy, can see what I'm doing, can "tentatively" add things (are marked as added by secretary), unless I'm said no. -Dave

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