RE: Doc management?

["Daniel Ng" <kjng -at- gprotechnologies -dot- com>]

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Yes..but isn's sharepoint free for most purposes...? Its also free with the
OS. Its freely downloadable and everything... 

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Swisher [mailto:jmswisher -at- gmail -dot- com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 2:41 AM
To: TECHWR-L Whirlers
Subject: Re: Doc management?

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Responding to Dan, Geoff Hart wrote (in part):
>> Dan wondered:
>> <<Is there any kind of free doc management software, > like sharepoint or
documentum?>>> > Try Subversion
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software).
>
> Note, though, that Subversion and most similar free or open source 
> tool are primarily intended for source code version management. You
> *can* use them to manage generic documents (many of which are binary 
> file formats rather than plain text source files), but they don't 
> provide the same kind of UI or use model that document-oriented CMS 
> tools like Sharepoint and Documentum do. It's only natural that most 
> free software tends to be oriented toward the software development 
> process, because that's when the developers of the software get the 
> most direct benefit. Developers who produce software that doesn't 
> benefit thmeselves directly usually expect financial compensation for 
> their efforts.
>
> The bottom line is that I am not aware of any free tool that offers 
> functionality that is directly comparable with CMS tools like 
> Sharepoint and Documentum.

I found these by Googling "open source documentation management system dms":

* Knowledgetree: www.knowledgetree.com/
* OpenKM: www.openkm.com
* xinco DMS: www.xinco.org
* OpenDocMan: www.opendocman.com
* Maarch: www.maarch.org/en/
* Alfresco: www.alfresco.com/products/solutions/ecm/rm
* infoRouter: www.inforouter.com
* Contineo: freshmeat.net/projects/contineo/

I have no idea if any of these is comparable to SharePoint or Documentum,
having used SharePoint only briefly, and Documentum not at all. I'm not
going to do *all* the OP's research for him ;-)


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