Re: [tlug] Content management system

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Michael Engel <mkengel@example.com> wrote:

> We are working on a free Chinese-German* dictionary:

Close enough. 

> We ... are looking for an OpenSource management system 
> [for a free Chinese-German* dictionary] which allows several 
> users to work together - even on the same document.

That simultaneity will be the hard part. 

> Could you please recommend us products which are if possible multi-OS
> (Linux, Windows + eventually Macintosh) ?

I can only help you refine your question 
and tell you where to look. 

What part do you want to run on Linux, Windows or OSX? 
Server or client? 

Client: 

   For good portability, just use the browser recommended at this site: 

      http://www.ie7.com/ 

   Actually, your web server should generate clean HTML so that 
   any standards compliant browser would be fine. Check your HTML here: 

      http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer

   There are some other web browsers that work on those three OSs. 

Server: 

   You don't need the CMS software to run on all three OSs. 
   Your request to have code run under all three OSs seems odd. 

   Pick _one_ OS. 
   Linux will give you the greatest flexibility and control. 

I can only tell you where to look for open source software: 

   http://freshmeat.net/