Can iPhoto and Picasa co-exist?

I am using OS X, my wife has a Vista PC, our huge photo collection is on an external NAS.
We both use Picasa to access our photos - me, I have to boot into Vista to do so, since there still is no Mac version for Picasa.
What I would LIKE to do though, is using iPhoto on my Mac while my wife uses Picasa on her PC. I guess I could use Hazel to automatically add all photos to iPhoto that are dropped into a folder on our NAS. And tell iPhoto to store all photos on the NAS. But I guess I am missing something big here, right?
Did anyone try that before? Is it possible? Or am I dreaming?

The answer is Yes... but...
If you use iPhoto in Referenced mode you can do this. Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your NAS. To do this it will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
However, you need to be aware of a number of potential pitfalls using this system.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures. You are responsible for file management. You put the pics on the NAS, you remove them yourself after deleting them from iPhoto. Essentially you're telling iPhoto 'Don't touch my pics' and this includes on the way in and the way out.
2. You cannot rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them. Nor can you move them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers. But then again, you are.
Downsides? iPhoto has no cross platform ability whatever. Edits you make in iPhoto or via iPhoto will not be available to your Wife unless you export them back to the NAS. Don't move the Library to the NAS, folks have reported issues (up to and including database corruption) with Libraries on a NAS. Also, depending on the Format of the NAS there can be rare problems with the jpegs losing their file suffixes and becoming .exe files. (This can be easily repaired with a batch file renamer such as Name Mangler).
My best suggestion: create a test library. Set to Referenced Mode. Import 100 pics and see how things go. Play with it and see how things hang together or not.
Or change your wife to a mac.
Regards
TD

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