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Of course, simplistic mirroring solutions will have these problems. However, the right mirroring solution for syncing information (documents, presentations, etc.), should provide auditing, providence of created documents, and rewind for all actions.

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At which point you're using technology even more complicate than dropbox and you have to trust that it works just as you have to trust that dropbox works. Not to mention that anything that can write to primary store (i.e. the "rewind for all actions" in your hypothetical solution) is just as likely to corrupt that store as dropbox is.

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