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Originally Posted by mbovenka
But that doesn't make 'using a file' on said share 'risky'. Like I said, people have been doing it for years. Yes, it's not the same as local storage, but that's not local storage vs. network storage, that's single user vs. multi-user (or just multi-process). Having your stuff on a local disk isn't inherently safer than having it on a remote share of some sort.
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Strictly, it should work, and it can. And if your LAN is perfect, it probably will work all the time. But, when something happens on the network, just enough delay can be brought into things, that it causes a problem. And whether that problem is caught at the time will depend on the network drivers and the remote system.
The corporate LAN and applications are different. They will be running on better networking and server equipment, are working correctly and have better support*. The applications can be full client/server, use local store that is copied from and to the LAN at the start and end, or just opening a file and then writing it at the end. The latter is Word, Excel and the like do. But, there are other applications that do that. And they frequently have problems which occur because of some network problem that wasn't handled properly as the developer assumed that running from the network was the same as from the local drive.
* And no, I couldn't write that with a straight face. Especially the last part.