Let us think about this subject and exchange ideas. ... adoption of SharePoint is helping foster Office 2007 upgrades... http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/01/Office-2007-winning-converts-survey-says_1.html
Thanks, khirano On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:31 AM, Rexford Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Consider some other alternatives to sharepoint. > > Lotus has team rooms and repositories that are acessible by both Windows > and Linux clients. > > > You can use CVS or Subversion, these are also commonly used repositories. > There are GUI interfaces such as Tortoise. > Microsoft is attempting to use Sharepointe to protect their monopoly. CVS > and Subversion provide the ability to save change-by-change > revisions, to merge revisions, and to manager the history efficiently. > Since these repositories can also be secured using LDAP, access control > can be very tightly constricted and controlled. > > Try to determine the real goal. What are the top 5 features they want > from Sharepoint? > > Then look at how OSS applications can meet those same goals. > Since OSS implementations can support both Windows AND Linux, make the > case for the OSS alternatives. > > > Rex Ballard - Senior IT Architect > IBM Certified IT Architect > OMG Certified Master IT Architect > 908-578-6803 (cell) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > "James M. Rawlyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 10/09/2007 12:09 PM > Please respond to > discuss@openoffice.org > > > To > <discuss@openoffice.org> > cc > > Subject > [discuss] OpenOffice and Sharepoint > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I work for a fairly large school district. We will be implementing > Microsoft SharePoint over the next several months. I personally love > Open Office but unfortunately it appears that there is no connector so > that Open Office will integrate with SharePoint the same way that Office > 2003 and Office 2007 integrate with SharePoint. This is a bit > frightening because SharePoint is rapidly expanding in many enterprise > environments such as ours. > > > > Anyway, I wanted to pass along the suggestion that the someone look into > a SharePoint connector much the same way that the Linux Evolution e-mail > client came up with an Exchange connector. That's a different situation > but the same concept is the same. Thanks again for your wonderful > product. At home it is the only office suite that I use but I'm afraid > that I'm getting wedged out from using it at work since there is an > almost seamless integration between Office and Sharepoint now. > > > > Have a good day, > > James Rawlyk > > Duluth Public Schools > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This E-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply E-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
