Drupal -VS- SharePoint the David and Goliath story

Track: 
Implementation and Config
Experience: 
Beginner

Drupal -VS- SharePoint

This was a classic tale of David and Goliath. Our little Drupal standing toe to toe with the might SharePoint. We sized up each of SharePoint's features and targeted them with our Drupal guided missiles. As we launched one by one at SharePoint's grand feature set and we saw success after success. Until one day they had all be concurred. We scraped the remains of Goliath and now have a beautiful new republic of CCK, Views, Groups, and CONTENT galore.

We will demonstrate a feature for feature comparison of what SharePoint is and what Drupal can be.

Intended audience: 

Audience familiar with core Drupal concepts as well as exposure to SharePoint. Understanding of CCK, Views, Modules, Features, and other advanced Drupal topics a plus.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
Comparative analysis of SharePoint's feature set to Drupal capabilities
Question 2: 
When to build 2 systems instead of 1? Let us divide and concur.
Question 3: 
Economic analysis of options, "Buy SharePoint" -vs- "Build Drupal"
Question 4: 
How to use the tools you have instead of writing your own. Lets not reinvent the wheel.
Question 5: 
How to deconstruct a feature into its fundamental drupal parts! How squint your eyes and see the world through CCK, Views, and Groups.
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Very interesting

I have a blog on the same subject:

http://www.mediacurrent.com/blogs/drupal-vs-sharepoint

I had to work on a sharepoint project once...

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