CMS and Karma
January 27, 2010
I found “SharePoint vs Alfresco vs Nuxeo” fascinating. I was unfamiliar with the “karma” scoring method, but it was a novelty. The write up takes a look at the SharePoint Swiss Army knife of content processing functionality and compares SharePoint to two open source content management systems. SharePoint gets low marks, and the reasons are one which resonate with me. For example, SharePoint is not a standalone system. Microsoft has engineered its Swiss Army knife to require its own digital butcher, a baker, and a candlestick makers. For example, the reviewer identifies seven or eight other Microsoft products needed to make SharePoint work its magic.
The review gives Alfresco high marks. Nuxeo comes in second. The hitch with any software for content management is that most of the systems are complicated, frustrating to users and system administrators alike, and prone to sluggish performance.
Unfortunately the reviewer does not pay much attention to search. That is understandable. A CMS is designed to make content. Finding a piece of content comes along later. With CMS systems frustrating some users, a lousy search system is not a big surprise.
I liked the write up. I don’t like CMS whether proprietary or open source. I enjoy search projects that require the goslings and me to help users locate content objects. Fascinating to watch licensees struggle with these complex systems that make it difficult and expensive to find their own information.
Fascinating. An appropriate word.
Stephen E Arnold, January 27, 2010
A freebie. No one paid me to reference this interesting review. I will report this to GSA, an outfit with deep experience with content management systems.
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The gsa contract management could definitely need a second hand to keep their system efficient specially now where the government wants more transparency with low budget.