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Very interesting comment. Remember Groupwise or Lotus Notes - the whole groupware craze? This is a great argument for a tightly controlled proprietary internal
by mmaunder 15y ago
Very interesting comment. Remember Groupwise or Lotus Notes - the whole groupware craze? This is a great argument for a tightly controlled proprietary internal communications system and I wonder if we might see a resurrection of the groupware fad.
- VladRussian 15y agohttp://www.salesforce.com/chatter/whatischatter/ http://www.salesforce.com/chatter/whatischatter/
- billpatrianakos 15y agoI agree. I'm involved with 3 organizations of my own plus I work with countless businesses large and small. One is a web startup, the other a "small business" (there's a difference), one a registered non-profit, and then the various businesses that I'm a vendor for. In my experience I've seen a very obvious trend suggesting that everyone from single person operations all the way to corporate giants have to constantly battle to work together with employees, vendors, etc. because of a lack of a good communication system. I've introduced a few of them to the products the guys at 37Signals offer and those who use it love it. I'm not sure if Basecamp, Backpack, and Highrise are technically groupware but that's what I consider it. But really, these are all tools and there's no magic bullet. We just have to find a way to use right tools for the right job and make sure those we work with understand that each tool has its purpose. We'll have to explain to Joe Staffmember that email is not Google Docs and Skype isn't always a replacement for the telephone, etc.
- codeslinger 15y agoThe article says they are using Office Communicator, part of the Office suite, so I'd imagine they are going full-bore on that. Wonder if they are using SharePoint for the wiki, too.