[H-GEN] free open source alternative to microsoft sharepoint?

[David Seikel]

Top posting seems to be the thing for this thread, so I'll break with
my habits and follow suit.

I've never used sharepoint, so I have no idea what that is, or what
counts as an alternative.

Wiki and CMS are both parts of the same spectrum.  Any decent CMS can
do anything a wiki can, including collaborative editing.  Since the
original poster mentioned "manage documents", that's precisely what CMS
(Content Management System) is for.  Though a wiki might work if the
management requirements are not too hefty.  The following links might
be useful -

http://cms-comparison.com/

http://www.cms.co.uk/cms-comparison.html

http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/popular-content-management-system-cms-comparison-table


On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:47:32 +1000 James Mills
<prologic at shortcircuit.net.au> wrote:

> You could use a wiki. thats what they are designed for.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 17/06/2013, at 8:45, Nick Lawrence <n1cklawr3nc3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You could look at Joomla.  We used that for years as an alternative to
> > Sharepoint.
> >  
> 
> I thought Joomla was a CMS for outwards facing websites?
> 
> Is it also a platform for collaborative editing of documents?
> 
> nick
> 
> 
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from Samsung tablet
> >
> > Grant Byers <grant.byers at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I once setup Alfresco for a not for profit organisation. From what
> > I could see, it was pretty feature complete. Having never
> > administered SharePoint though (and no desire to), I couldn't tell
> > you how well it compares.
> >
> > If I recall correctly, they make their money on support and custom
> > addons.
> >
> > YMMV
> >
> > Grant
> > On Jun 13, 2013 11:09 AM, "Nick Lawrence" <n1cklawr3nc3 at gmail.com>
> > wrote: 
> >>
> >> I'm a volunteer at a professional institution that is using
> >> microsoft sharepoint to manage (via the web) documents, meetings,
> >> etc
> >>
> >> I wondered, is there a free open source alternative? I've checked
> >> out Alfresco, but am not sure if that is just a freemium version
> >> to get you hooked into the paid version?
> >>
> >> nick


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