What is it about SharePoint?
Dave Coleman | April 9, 2010A strange title for a post but an apt one, I have been involved with SharePoint since 2001 and back in the early days it was very difficult to find any information about the product but now you are literally tripping over yourself with information and help on blogs worldwide (Including this one)
But the thing I like most is the community atmosphere surrounding SharePoint in the USA you have SharePoint Saturdays and thanks to Mark Miller virtual Saturday events you have user groups everywhere even in Bournemouth thanks again to Ian Woodgate. Now I am no expert and I am sure someone will correct me but you do not seem to have the same social element to Windows Server, Exchange, ISA Server or any other big product from Microsoft. The SharePoint evolution conference is on in London in less than 2 weeks and so far a football tournament, A daily running event and of course the ubiquitous SharePint a very strange product is SharePoint which seems to bring people together but was that not the point of SharePoint? A collaboration platform!!
And long may it continue and I cannot wait for SharePint in London see you there and by the way mines a lager.
If you like community with software, you should look into more open source software
250 of global 2000 working with #newsgator on SharePoint Social. All within last 24 months! Will miss the Pint unfortunately … have good one!