Re: sharepoint pricing
Steve Richter <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Stuart Laughlin (Lists) <[email protected]> wrote: > > > is sharepoint this expensive? > > http://www.softwaremedia.com/product/13465.html?ovchn=NXT&ovcrn=76P-01199&ovtac=CMP&ovcpn= > > > > I would like to target myself to write apps for local businesses, > > working out of a storefront in town. I was thinking Access running on > > sharepoint. > > > > What heinous crime did you commit in a past life? ;) > > What kinds of apps do you foresee yourself writing in this way? > SharePoint is a horrible development platform (imho, obviously). I watch channel 9. They say sharepoint 2010 and access 2010 are great. > > > But if the price is $5000 for 5 sharepoint users then I > > am afraid that limits the customers I can attract. > > > > Imagine if you had an excellent web development platform that runs on > a platform which has no licensing costs. Think it would be easier to > attract clients in that scenario? > > http://djangoproject.com > http://rubyonrails.org Don't tempt me please. As much trouble as I am having with active directory and sql server and other msft software, I would like to build on my .net programming knowledge. > > You could even develop and deploy on Windows, if you insist. It is C# and WPF that I would like to hold onto.