I'll bet that for any set of features you care to enumerate for SharePoint that are critical to you, there is something else in the marketplace that can perform the function. Often, though not always, it'll be available as open source.
I'll bet that the alternatives will also be more standards-compliant as well. On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Ben Schorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, if you want to build your entire business around the premise of > don't run any software from Microsoft (or hardware from IBM, HP, > Apple...) then I guess that's up to you. > > I'd sort of rather get our work done and our product out the door than > make a symbolic point nobody outside of this listserv is going to hear. > :-) > > Ben M. Schorr > Chief Executive Officer > ______________________________________________ > Roland Schorr & Tower > www.rolandschorr.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:48 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Sorry, that's just the wrong way to think about it. Sharepoint fills > a >> business requirement. > > That seems short-sighted. It seems to me that "don't use products > from vendors whose only way of making a buck is to get customers > locked in by destroying compatibility with standards" should also be a > business requirement. > > -- Ben > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
