jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Oct 19 06:07:53 CDT 2011
Boy isn't that true. After all this time I have no idea why I would use Sharepoint other than because Microsoft wants me too. In general I don't respond well to reasons like "Microsoft wants me to". John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 10/19/2011 4:04 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Martin > > Thanks for the link. A bit outdated though, as it refers to SP2007. SP2010 has been out for a while. > But even that nice MOSS lady mentions that she is not able to (really) tell what SharePoint is. And I don't think the article (indeed not if you start perusing the zillions of comments) will "get me the idea". > > I have looked high and low but still haven't found the site with something like "How to get started with SharePoint and why?". > > The official MS SharePoint site it simply scary. I can't remember a site with so much marketing fuzz and so little info for people like us. > It must be out there somewhere, but where? > > /gustav > > >>>> mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk 18-10-2011 23:10>>> > http://www.mosslady.com/article/6#more-6 > > Bit simple but you will get idea. In our case we front almost every major system we have with SharePoint. Its our interface to SQL server, replacing access, its a virtual learning environment, reporting front end, office web apps, workflow, enterprise search, records management, intregrated with office etc etc > > Oh and it all runs on SQL server. > > Martin > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________________________________ > From: Martin Reid > Sent: 18/10/2011 21:49 > To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server > Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Off The Beaten Path > > Yip but some poor sod needs to look after those big databases! > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________________________________ > From: Arthur Fuller > Sent: 18/10/2011 20:55 > To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server > Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Off The Beaten Path > > Perhaps you could point me to some articles describing why I should learn > this, because so far I have failed to see its point. Seems to me they are > just stuffing everything into a database, which I could just as simply do > myself. But I've been wrong before, so this wouldn't come as big news. > > A. > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Martin Reid<mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Big market for SharePoint >> >> Martin > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >