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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Responding to Dan, Geoff Hart wrote (in part):
>> Dan wondered:
>> <<Is there any kind of free doc management software, > like sharepoint or documentum?>>> > Try Subversion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software).
>
> Note, though, that Subversion and most similar free or open source
> tool are primarily intended for source code version management. You
> *can* use them to manage generic documents (many of which are
> binary file formats rather than plain text source files), but they don't
> provide the same kind of UI or use model that document-oriented CMS
> tools like Sharepoint and Documentum do. It's only natural that most
> free software tends to be oriented toward the software development
> process, because that's when the developers of the software get the
> most direct benefit. Developers who produce software that doesn't
> benefit thmeselves directly usually expect financial compensation for
> their efforts.
>
> The bottom line is that I am not aware of any free tool that offers
> functionality that is directly comparable with CMS tools like Sharepoint
> and Documentum.
I found these by Googling "open source documentation management system dms":
I have no idea if any of these is comparable to SharePoint or
Documentum, having used SharePoint only briefly, and Documentum not at
all. I'm not going to do *all* the OP's research for him ;-)
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