Comments on: Reactions to SharePoint session at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference

By: Ephraim

Ephraim — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:11:15 +0000

On a practical note, what are the minimum resources needed for a solid MOSS installation? I work for an international nonprofit based in the US. We have 300 stafff, no .NET development capacity in-house and will have to rely on consultants for any major customization and skinning. Can we afford MOSS?

By: slgavin

slgavin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:17:44 +0000

Denz – agreed, it’s heading in the right direction. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against SP, in fact it’s something I often recommend to customers. I am however against all the SP BS that some people spout claming it is the answer to everything. Customers need to know what they are getting, and be realistic in what they expect to do with it out of the box.

By: denz

denz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:27:16 +0000

Sharepoint is a simple out of the box solution for people who are trying to get some type of corporate use of new technologies.

You can find a good wiki solution, you can find a good portal solution, you can find great blog tools, you can even find some basic document management systems, and if need be you can find basic workflow tools.

But when your in a company that uses none of those tools and you want to start to offer all of them integrated together into one, please tell me a product better than Sharepoint. For our company going from having none of those tools and trying to slowly drag people into a more interactive communication and learning enviornment, sharepoint is not a perfect solution but it sure is going in the right direction.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:09:59 +0000

Looks like I haven’t missed much being away from SP for a few months. My biggest complaint was that it still is very web 1.0, out of the box anyway. Funny that we now have to use the term web 1.0 to differentiate from 2.0, at least next we get semantic web, but not as catchy of a term.

By: frogpond » Enterprise 2.0 - conferences and more

frogpond » Enterprise 2.0 - conferences and more — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:27:26 +0000

[...] this post: “Most companies who try to do Enterprise 2.0 will fail“, while Sharepoint got whipped in realtime on Twitter (anyway, I am trying to invite a representative of the MOSS team for the next Stuttgart [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:37:01 +0000

Yes IBM and Microsoft do get Enterprise 2.0…

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By: slgavin

slgavin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:14:10 +0000

Yes their strategy will be to buy up features and roll them in. Some of the recent integrations I have seen look ok, but I wonder what it will end up looking like?

Good old MS, always good for conversation!

By: Mathias

Mathias — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:44:24 +0000

Sharepoint is a good basis for a portal, workflow engine, search and file collaboration, but still lacks of good Social Software features. But i think Microsoft got this point as they partner with companies like Atlassian, NewsGator and the like. I wrote an article about this, unfortunately it is in german:
http://www.pxp.eu/index.php/2008/06/09/enterprise-social-software-web-20-im-unternehmen/

By: Sid

Sid — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:58:11 +0000

I think anyone who uses SharePoint realises straight away that it sucks large style at social computing. Out the box it is rubbish at it. It requires really heavy customisation and re-skinning before it resembles anything E2 like.

Saying that I’ve seen it do good when it comes to collaboration.

I personally still have a love hate relationship. I would love to be able to get my hands properly on some of the other kit.

By: Marcel de Ruiter

Marcel de Ruiter — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:52:05 +0000

Sound not good for MS. Still who, esp. in big companies, will stay afloat when the MS SP07 tidlewave comes in?

Cheers,
Marcel