Sharepoint isn't just an app, it is a framework. It isn't just ODBC to get some data, it is the complete integration of the system.
The Integration with e-mail, outlook, MS Office. All of those things. > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 3:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Sharepoint (was: Is CF dying? (Of course not!)) > > > ... Have you seen (from the inside) what you can do with SharePoint > > and ASP.NET? Or Workflow Foundation and ASP.NET? It all dovetails > > beautifully with ASP.NET to create some pretty amazing stuff. And > the > > development environment is awesome. And it's all *free*! > > I'd love to see the free version of Sharepoint do something usefull. > We're using it here because my boss needed something to keep track of > projects while the company as a whole (web is a part of the business, > not the whole and there's a complete ERP system in place) figures out > where it's going with upgrading the 15 year old ERP package we're > using now (LOGIC). > > I know we're not using Sharepoint correctly but what we've got BLOWS > CHUNKS! Even if it were set up properly it's simply an app running > off a SQL Server database, I see no reason why ANY platform that can > connect with ODBC couldn't be used to interface with the data created. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5