Ferris's David Via has a few observations
on why Microsoft SharePoint isn't suited for enterprise content management,
including scalability, search, navigation, and cost. Cost? Wait,
I thought SharePoint was free?
Link: Ferris
Research blog: SharePoint Is Not Good for Enterprise Content Management
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Philip Storry http://www.not-so-rapid.com | 10/14/2005 1:49:13 AM
Heh. A nice summary there - $320 per user is not free!
I can't help but notice that in the open-source world, they have nice pithy phrases which are very popular... Free As In Speech, Free As In Beer...
Maybe the Domino community should start using Free As In SharePoint? It might help get the message across... ;-)
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Nathan T. Freeman | 10/14/2005 3:49:51 AM
Actually, the way to put it is "Free As In Heroin." Meaning, it's free long enough to get you hooked, and then you pay through the nose to destroy yourself. (Software Assurance, anyone?)
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Deleted | 10/14/2005 7:22:07 AM
Comment deleted -- no anonymous comments, please, and please use a valid e-mail address. And Bill, you might really want to post that link on Ferris's blog, not just here.
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Cheyn Rushing http://www.heatlhylittleones.com | 10/14/2005 12:46:31 PM
I like the phrase "Free like a puppy."
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Bob http://www.bobcongdon.com/blog | 10/14/2005 12:46:58 PM
For a somewhat different perspective, read Bill Simser's rebuttal of the Ferris article:
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Ed Brill www.edbrill.com | 10/14/2005 1:09:32 PM
Wow, the comments there are like an alternate universe to edbrill.com!
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david racicot | 10/14/2005 1:33:30 PM
@7. That's funny. The other thing that's funny is that he confirms half the points and explains around the others by suggesting additional products. Nice left hook.
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Christopher Byrne http://www.controlscaddy.com/ | 10/14/2005 2:21:31 PM
I raised concerns about SharePoint and the "Free" Sarbanes-Oxley accelerator last year in these posts:
"BearingPoint White Paper on Looking Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley Falls Flat With Microsoft Alliance"
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Gartner: Lack of Document Management, Workflow Limit Usefulness of Microsoft Solutions Accelerator for SarBox"
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Simon Barratt http://apps.fmc.com/blog.nsf | 10/14/2005 4:03:32 PM
I hope we all read and took note of Alan's posting, before diving in on this one!
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Colin Williams http://www.guttedgeek.com | 10/15/2005 12:04:33 AM
Re Bill Simser's rebuttal - I found this bit interesting..."The last company I was at had 7000 seats so licensing was pretty minimal as far as cost went (a users desktop which included Windows XP and CALs for servers [including SharePoint] ran about $50/user."
Really? Prices that low really suprise me and if indeed true, then I dislike MS even more - why should our 900 user organisation be penalised for being "small"?
At least you gave it a 2 min. rest, Ed.
:)
Chris