12. The method as recited in claim 9 , wherein a groupware environment administrator has a higher privilege than the owner of the group.
12. The method as recited in claim 9 , wherein a groupware environment administrator has a higher privilege than the owner of the group. 13. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein when the owner of the group and the member of the group have been prohibited from overriding a preferred customized attribute value of the groupware environment as set by the administrator, the preferred customized attribute value of the groupware environment overrides the preferred customized attribute value of the owner when the preferred customized attribute value of the groupware environment is different from the preferred customized attribute value of the owner.