Re: Re: Doc management?

[quills -at- airmail -dot- net]

Actually, only the last item, Contineo is free. All the others are commercial that use open source licensing of the DRM.

Scott
 
 On Fri 08/08/15 12:41 , "Janet Swisher"  sent:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Fred Ridder docudoc -at- h
> otmail.com> wrote:>
> > Responding to Dan, Geoff Hart wrote (in
> part):>> Dan wondered:
> >> 
> 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":
> * Knowledgetree: www.knowledgetree
> .com/* OpenKM: www.openkm.com* xinco DMS: www.xinco.org* OpenDocMan: www.opendocman.com* Maarch: www.maarch.org/en/* Alfresco: www.alfresco.com/products/solutions/ecm/rm* infoRouter: www.inforouter.com* Contineo: freshmeat.net/projects/contineo/
> 
> 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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