We need Sharepoint! Or do you?

By admin on August 6, 2010 — 2 comments

If you’re developing collaboration/intranet software you know about Sharepoint. Our Potential customer bring it up, existing customer used it in the past and generally everyone in IT has come in contact with a Sharepoint deployment at some point.  In my opinion, Sharepoint is more of a platform then it is a product.  If your company has an ASP developer, MSSQL database administrator, UI designer and a large budget MS Sharepoint could be a good choice for you.  Its robust and can do many things.

However if your company needs something put into place in a short amount of time, has a limited budget and will be content with boxed functionality maybe Sharepoint isn’t a good choice.

I think it is important that management does a bit of research before they tell their already overworked IT staff. “we need Sharepoint!”

I am a bit biased but here a few interesting links about MS Sharepoint.

What’s wrong with Sharepoint?
http://nkilkenny.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/whats-wrong-with-sharepoint/

Sharepoint Sucks Part 1
http://blog.furuknap.net/2009/10/sharepoint-sucks-and-heres-why-part-1.html

Here is a site that tracks negative comments about Sharepoint
http://amplicate.com/hate/microsoft-sharepoint

New studies highlight the potential downsides of SharePoint
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/new-studies-highlight-the-potential-downsides-of-sharepoint/1492

Cutting Through The Hype – What You Should Know About SharePoint
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/alexexmachina/cutting-through-the-hype-what-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-22775

Tips to avoid a Sharepoint nightmare
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1369582

SharePoint – Dream or Nightmare?
http://www.thecontenteconomy.com/2008/04/sharepoint-dream-or-nightmare.html

Let me know if you have any Sharepoint Links I should include.