Comments on: The Significance of Recovery.gov on Drupal http://www.contenthere.net/2009/02/the-significance-of-recovergov-on-drupal.html Enter Content Here Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maue http://www.contenthere.net/2009/02/the-significance-of-recovergov-on-drupal.html/comment-page-1#comment-2292 maue Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:27:01 +0000 http://www.contenthere.net/?p=1064#comment-2292 Which begs the question, why did the government already have such a large Sharepoint footprint -- buying software they do not need/know what it does, ask questions later? Microsoft executed well with MOSS, but the government is already behind the curve in selecting this tool. Open source alternatives from companies like Sheetster+ Alfresco provide the same benefits as Sharepoint, but without the incontrovertible vendor lockin that the government will now enjoy at the hands of MS. For an informed look at the alternatives that are out there, check out alfresco.com, sheetster.com, mindtouch.com, etc. Which begs the question, why did the government already have such a large Sharepoint footprint — buying software they do not need/know what it does, ask questions later? Microsoft executed well with MOSS, but the government is already behind the curve in selecting this tool. Open source alternatives from companies like Sheetster+ Alfresco provide the same benefits as Sharepoint, but without the incontrovertible vendor lockin that the government will now enjoy at the hands of MS. For an informed look at the alternatives that are out there, check out alfresco.com, sheetster.com, mindtouch.com, etc.

]]> By: using drupal http://www.contenthere.net/2009/02/the-significance-of-recovergov-on-drupal.html/comment-page-1#comment-1004 using drupal Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:20:21 +0000 http://www.contenthere.net/?p=1064#comment-1004 <strong>using drupal...</strong> Found your topic on SitePoint " Rasmus Lerdorf: PHP Frameworks? Think Again. to be cool! I found it on Wednesday When searching for using drupal... using drupal…

Found your topic on SitePoint ” Rasmus Lerdorf: PHP Frameworks? Think Again. to be cool! I found it on Wednesday When searching for using drupal…

]]> By: seth http://www.contenthere.net/2009/02/the-significance-of-recovergov-on-drupal.html/comment-page-1#comment-950 seth Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:40:08 +0000 http://www.contenthere.net/?p=1064#comment-950 As always, great point Jon. I should have mentioned other success stories like the CIA on Plone (I believe that I have in other posts). I should also point out that the Department of the Navy has been using eZ Publish. Alfresco has designed their records management product to meet the DOD 5015.2 requirements. So, as Jon rightly points out, this is not at all a new trend. I guess I just got swept up in the whole Obama transformation thing. As always, great point Jon. I should have mentioned other success stories like the CIA on Plone (I believe that I have in other posts). I should also point out that the Department of the Navy has been using eZ Publish. Alfresco has designed their records management product to meet the DOD 5015.2 requirements. So, as Jon rightly points out, this is not at all a new trend. I guess I just got swept up in the whole Obama transformation thing.

]]> By: Jon Stahl http://www.contenthere.net/2009/02/the-significance-of-recovergov-on-drupal.html/comment-page-1#comment-949 Jon Stahl Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:23:23 +0000 http://www.contenthere.net/?p=1064#comment-949 Recovery.gov is hardly the first major government website to be powered by an open-source CMS. Check out FBI.gov, CIA.gov and nasascience.nasa.gov -- all are Plone, and have been for years. Recovery.gov is another very welcome data point in a positive trend. But it's only the "beginning of open-source for the Federal government" if your definition of "open-source" is "Drupal." ;-) Recovery.gov is hardly the first major government website to be powered by an open-source CMS. Check out FBI.gov, CIA.gov and nasascience.nasa.gov — all are Plone, and have been for years.

Recovery.gov is another very welcome data point in a positive trend. But it’s only the “beginning of open-source for the Federal government” if your definition of “open-source” is “Drupal.” ;-)

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