I assisted a company today with a spectacular Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) crash. The experience showed some folly in the oft-claimed mantra that Windows-based applications are graphical and friendly. In fact, here’s a free Linux-friendly open source package called Afresco which makes a better SharePoint than SharePoint.

It is important to note that SharePoint only runs on a Microsoft stack and some have speculated that SharePoint is the next operating system from Microsoft. One of the goals of the survey was to examine the influence of SharePoint and the Microsoft stack on the open source community.

Novell's role as a stooge in Microsoft's agenda is shown in the latest news

In this session, we will introduce you to the new functionalities of Office 2010 and what functionalities makes working with SharePoint 2010 in combination with Office 2010 a blast. This demo-filled session shows the new Office 2010 upload center, integration with SharePoint 2010, offline use of SharePoint 2010 and more.

This book introduces the reader to the improvements found over the desktop version of Internet Explorer 7. It gives an overview of the features of Windows Phone 7 and the capabilities of Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Phone 7. Topics such as SharePoint Communities, Windows Phone 7 Web Development, and building SharePoint Sites for Windows Phone 7 are also spoken of in detail.

Sources say VMware is mulling a partnership, investment or outright acquisition of Alfresco — the open source enterprise content management system. The potential reason: Alfresco would potentially allow VMware to attack Microsoft SharePoint, which generates more than $1 billion in annual revenues for Microsoft. Here are the details.

Alfresco Software Thursday said it has added support for SharePoint Server 2007 protocols to its Alfresco Labs 3 beta and created an open source clone of Microsoft's content management platform.

Google creates more funnels to lead away from Microsoft software and formats/protocols; Microsoft takes aim at GNU/Linux

Novell senior cannot deny Microsoft takeover, but she thinks it is unlikely. What about Dell?