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The tools are decidedly _not_ easy to build. SharePoint is a massive, massive beast alone. And Exchange is another monster. It is unrealistic to play catch-up
by nullindividual 3y ago
The tools are decidedly _not_ easy to build. SharePoint is a massive, massive beast alone. And Exchange is another monster.
It is unrealistic to play catch-up with Microsoft, let alone exceed their current pace of development.
If tools were "easy", ReactOS would be beyond the NT4 era.
- sam_lowry_ 3y agoPlease understand me. I am not talking about replicas. Drupal is already the default CMS in EU institutions and it can replace Sharepoint and Microsoft Word, but this requires a massive change of workflows, breaking of habits and quite some training. git (yes, git) can be use by Publications Office to track recitals and publish directives. It's just a matter of concerted work together against the dominance of US IT companies. It will be hard. But possible. The first move is to ban Active Directory. Without it, the house of Microsoft cards will fall apart in a decade.
- nullindividual 3y ago> Drupal is already the default CMS in EU institutions and it can replace Sharepoint and Microsoft Word Are you familiar with SharePoint? Drupal and SharePoint are not the same. Word, especially co-authoring, can't be replaced. LibreOffice/OpenOffice are not alternatives. > git (yes, git) This is unfortunately what engineers think an appropriate UX is for end users. It isn't. git is far too complex, too convoluted, and doesn't bring SharePoint's strong advantages for Office-related content. It isn't possible. Simply is not. Google demonstrates it isn't possible. > The first move is to ban Active Directory. Without it, the house of Microsoft cards will fall apart in a decade. AD is not required for M365.
- sam_lowry_ 3y ago> Drupal and SharePoint are not the same. This is exactly my point. Replacing Word is impossible, because you will always have a worse version of Word. Libre Office demonstrates it pretty clearly. Reorganizing work so that Word falls out of use is totally possible and even desirable as a long-term strategy. Lots of people here talk about collaboration, but how many actually worked on documents where every word matters and sidenotes are important? Are you aware of state of the art collaborative tools, like those offered by genious.com? Or stet, for that matter? See stet used in https://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/gplv3-draft-1.html https://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/gplv3-draft-1.html
- gamblor956 3y agoReorganizing work so that Word falls out of use is totally possible and even desirable as a long-term strategy. So is commercial fusion power. And between commercial fusion and the reorganization of work so that Word falls out of use, commercial fusion is likely to happen decades sooner.
- nullindividual 3y agoNothing in that document cannot be done in Word. My users work on documents that enable others to save lives. Yes, they matter. Far more than a license document.
- sam_lowry_ 3y agoAD is what enables the ecosystem of Microsoft-centric IT departments.
- nullindividual 3y agoMicrosoft doesn't want you using AD anymore. They want you to use Entra (Azure AD) and all cloud-based services. Not always practical, especially in older companies.