RA>The Company that he works for is setting up a Network in conjunction wi
RA>a specialiazed software company.
RA>The problem is that although there are set up numerous documents and 
RA>letters there is apparently no way to satisfactorily protect these 
RA>documents from accidental changes or erasure.
Any real Network Operating System (Netware, OS/2 Warp Server, Windows NT 
Server, etc) will have many levels of security to restrict read/write/delete 
access to files.
If security is an issue, Windows for Workgroups, LANtastic, and other 
no-account "NOS's" (cheap or bundled pieces of software that claim to allow 
you to form a network) are NOT a solution.  He'll have to spend the money to 
purchase a real NOS and implement it.
For a small workgroup (less than 10 users), I recommend Netware Lite.  For 
larger networks, Netware 4.1 and OS/2 Warp Server are very powerful and 
configurable.  I don't recomment Windows NT for anyone who's never run a 
network.
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