Where's the Networking?

Question

We are up to ver. 2.4 and Adobe STILL has no central network support to allow multiple users to access and share the same library / catalogs.  To me, this is unconscionable in this day and age when network-based access to central file repositories are not only required – it’s all there is out here for a lot us (like me) – those very ones whom Adobe seems to be targeting this product to. Or, am I mistaken?  Is Lightroom really a "Professional Grade" product without networking support?  I don’t think that it is – becuase this is  such a core-issue, so critical to today’s massive work-flows of digital assets.
Adobe, please note that 100% of my data resides on central file servers where all my data is backed-up, managed, cared-for, and loved (and it should be) in a central file-server environment where it rightfully belongs.  And yet, this “Professional Grade” product is still unable to “watch” my main data folders on the Server(s) for daily updates of my stuff – so I am therefore forced to revert to 3rd-party “work-arounds” such as Microsoft’s SyncToy 2.0 – (which, btw, is really quite nice and I highly recommend it!) – But really Adobe, what kind of Mickey-mouse work-flow is this?  Relying on Micrsoft to fill a need that never should have occurred. 
Adobe, PLEASE – enough already – this issue has been beaten over your heads for years!  You guys dropped the ball on this one.  Clearly.  No more excuses.  No more claiming that this was an intentional “feature” from the very beginning.  Sorry, I’ve read and heard all of the arguments and there are simply no justifications whatsoever for withholding central networking support in this product – not anymore.
Any word on when we can expect this “networking feature”?  Perhaps by 2.5?  Later? 
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Freddi,
So, I think this is you solution :
when you work on you laptop, just before, using the network, execute this sequence
open a Terminal
execute the command line "rsync -anvz --delete MACPRO_IP:/Users/freddif/Pictures .", it'll ask your password of the desktop [OPTIONAL THIS IS JUST TO SEE THE CHANGE IT MAY EXECUTE]
execute the command line "rsync -avz --delete MACPRO_IP:/Users/freddif/Pictures .", it'll ask your password of the desktop and make the synchronization
you can work on it, and then, when back home, before starting lightroom, execute this sequence
open a Terminal
execute the command line "rsync -anvz --delete MACBOOKAIR_IP:/Users/freddif/Pictures .", it'll ask your password of the desktop [OPTIONAL THIS IS JUST TO SEE THE CHANGE IT MAY EXECUTE]
execute the command line "rsync -avz --delete MACBOOKAIR_IP:/Users/freddif/Pictures .", it'll ask your password of the desktop and make the synchronization
I actually do this between a quad g5 and a macbook air ;-)
Maybe, a simple Apple script can do the same, so, you just start it from the applcescript menubar ;-P
If you need more details, be my guess, I an help more on this
Cordially,
Fabien