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 Think of //Git Winch// as your **smart replacement for Windows File Explorer** - but one that actually knows what everyone in your office is doing. It's a hybrid application that combines a desktop client with web-based coordination to help small and medium offices manage files, people, and tasks seamlessly. The coordination server opens in a browser window when you login.  Think of //Git Winch// as your **smart replacement for Windows File Explorer** - but one that actually knows what everyone in your office is doing. It's a hybrid application that combines a desktop client with web-based coordination to help small and medium offices manage files, people, and tasks seamlessly. The coordination server opens in a browser window when you login. 
  
-Start //Git Winch// when you begin your workday, and close it when you leave. Everything else in the course of the day at office happens naturally in between.+Start //Git Winch// when you and everyone in your office begins the workday, and close it at the end of the day. Everything else in the course of the day at office happens naturally in between. You and everyone in your teams work together //holistically.//
  
 ==== The Philosophy ==== ==== The Philosophy ====
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 **Three Hosting Options:**\\ **Three Hosting Options:**\\
-You are in full control of your files, as we do not interfere when you setup your repositories at one of these Git Hosts.+We do NOT host your office files. You are in full control of your files, as we do not interfere when you setup your repositories at one of these Git Hosts. That is where you would centrally place your office files.
  
   * GitHub (free self-hosting and free tier available from them)   * GitHub (free self-hosting and free tier available from them)
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   * **Simple for Non-Techies:** Git power without Git complexity.   * **Simple for Non-Techies:** Git power without Git complexity.
   * **Partially open-source:** Many of the functionality is achieved by sophisticated batch files. So you know exactly what is being carried out. //Just ask any techie to read the batch files!//   * **Partially open-source:** Many of the functionality is achieved by sophisticated batch files. So you know exactly what is being carried out. //Just ask any techie to read the batch files!//
-  * **Zero distractions:** Analytics are NOT shown in cute graphs that someone keeps staring at. Just download the CSV files, and then you can setup your own internal work flow to suit your office. The web-application runs in a special browser window that does not have an address bar -- so no temptations to doom-crawl the web. +  * **Zero cuteness:** Analytics are NOT shown in cute graphs that someone keeps staring at. Just download the CSV files, and then you can setup your own internal work flow to suit your office.  
 +  * **No distractions:** Everything is minimalistic and to the point. The web-application runs in a special browser window that does not have an address bar -- so no temptations to doom-crawl the web. //Git Winch// has a simple group chat system. We do NOT have "direct one-to-one chats" as that can cause distractions and digressions. Ypu can even hide your Windows desktop icons -- //Git Winch// does a much better job of handling short-cuts of your Desktop.
  
  
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