Open source SharePoint!
Alexander Muse , July 31, 2008
Who said the Europeans were all bad? Due to recent EU legal action against Microsoft, the company was forced to release the specifications to Sharepoint and as a result open source Alfresco now emulates Sharepoint. According to Martin Heller,
…as popular as SharePoint has become, administrators and users don’t always like its restrictions. When you install SharePoint, you must also install Microsoft SQL Server, even if your standard database is Oracle or DB2 or MySQL, and you must install it on Microsoft Server 2003 or 2008. When you use a SharePoint site, you must also use Microsoft Internet Explorer to be able to access its full functionality, even if your standard desktop is a Macintosh or your standard browser is Firefox. Alfresco removes those restrictions, as well as being open source.
