How do I make a Groove Forms Field editable only by managers?

In response to a question on the Groove support forum, I've written up a new FAQ:

How do I make a Groove Forms Field editable only by managers?

I'll be migrating the rest of the FAQs onto that list over the next few weeks. I don't like using a weblog for this, much. I could write a custom FAQ tool for my main web site at www.hyperoceanic.com, but I don't have the time. Does anyone know of a good hosted FAQ site?

Good SharePoint Workspace review

Peter Bruzzese at Infoworld has a good review of SharePoint WorkSpace.

Bambuco 1.4.1 Released

We're pleased to announce the release of Bambuco 1.4. This release simplifies script development, offers more features, improves error checking and improves performance.

Existing users note! Version 1.4 is a free upgrade, but you need to contact us before installing it - your old license key will not work. Contact us for new licenses. There have been some changes to the functions offered within the scripting environment which means we cannot guarantee your old scripts will run unmodified. Please install the new version into a separate folder, preserving your existing production copy. Test your scripts and when you are happy they work the same, start using the new version.

New Groove Book

Frédéric Sitbon and Jean-Michel Davault have published a book about Groove - "La confiance collaborative en réseaux", or "Confidence in collaborative networks". You can find out more here: Extend human trust to your collaborative networks.

Updates coming soon!

Usually, we release major updates to our tools soon after the release of major updates of Groove. With the release of Office 14 still a long way away, we're going to go ahead and releas new versions of our tools anyway.

Over the next few weeks you'll see new releases of Bambuco, Toucan Reporter and Toucan Navigate in that order.

Spam?

We're seeing lots (hundreds) of 'undelivered email' messages coming into our email accounts today. This means that someone has marked their unsolicited commercial email (SPAM) with email addresses ending '@infopatterns.net'. This is a common spammers trick and does not mean our email system has been compromised. You can find an article about it here: Email Address Forgery.

If you receive spam messages that appear to come from Information Patterns, I'm sorry you've been targetted, but we have no control over this.

Live Mesh

Jon Udell discusses Live Mesh with Ray Ozzie. When I tried to register for the beta version, it was already full, so I've yet to see see it, however here's an interesting quote from Ray, which applies to those of us who have been running our companies on Groove and developing applications for it.

"But the DNA elements are the basic sync model, the basic interaction model. The biggest difference between Groove and Notes was that Groove embraced the concept of ad-hoc interaction much more in terms of inviting people into a shared environment. So those invitation models are essentially borrowed from Groove into Live Mesh. So if you are a Groove user, you will feel very comfortable with that model in dealing with Live Mesh".