Nate Aune
Thu, 07 May 2009 10:37:18 -0700
-- Nate Aune - na...@jazkarta.com http://www.jazkarta.com Sent from my iPhoneOn May 5, 2009, at 3:09 AM, "Traci Blount" <tblo...@dpi.state.nc.us> wrote:
All,I just joined the list a few days ago and I've learned so much already! I was wondering if there had been some similar work comparing Plone to Oracle Portal in a similar manner? If so, could someone point me to some resources?
I don't know of anything comparing Plone and Oracle Portal, but if you evaluate the two systems, we'd love to hear your feedback!
Nate
Thanks! Traci Blount NC Department of Public Instruction tblo...@dpi.state.nc.usNate Aune <na...@jazkarta.com> 05/04/09 8:32 PM >>>Idea to create whitepaper from Plone and Sharepoint stories. See http://www.openplans.org/projects/plone-marketing/plone-vs-sharepointA great idea Nate! Just to point out to those that mgiht not have seen ityet, my blog post from Internet World: http://www.netsight.co.uk/blog/2009/5/1/plone-at-internet-world-expoYes, great post!I had a couple of people come by the stand and look at the brochure, and when I approched them they said 'oh we use microsfot technology...' or 'oh we are going to use sharepoint'. I think the key is to really show usersthat Plone vs Sharepoint is like Apples vs Oranges. They really aredifferent beasts. I normally start by telling people that they can co-exist together and really serve slightly different functions. The people Ishowed demos to of Plone at the expo really were blown away by the flexibility of Plone and what can be achieve with it.Yes, it's not fair to compare the two systems because they are fundamentally targeting different use cases, but one cannot deny that Plone's feature set overlaps a lot with what Sharepoint provides, and vice versa.I think they biggest thing to get over, is as Karl says in his Blog post, that in corporate-land deploying Sharepoint comes under a central IT budget. Even if the costs are higher (which is another topic... people think it is 'free') the end department that wants it is rarely the one that pays for it.Good point. I came across this SaaS cost savings calculator which might be useful for getting a good overview of what traditional "on-premise" software from the likes of Microsoft, Lotus, etc. costs an organization depending on how many users they have. http://www.phase2.com/savings/ Nate p.s. cc'ing the evangelism list since others might want to join in on this conversation. -- Nate Aune - na...@jazkarta.comSign up for Plone Developer training on the Amalfi Coast of Italy (5/11-12).http://plonedev-natesig.eventbrite.com _______________________________________________ Evangelism mailing list Evangelism@lists.plone.org http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism"All e-mail correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law, which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement."
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