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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