On 2008-05-15, at 11:07 , Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
I see where this is going.
If this fleshes out in to a good usable product, then it can be a Microsoft Sharepoint killer.
bingo. :-)
Sharepoint's strong selling point is the ability to create documents in Word, Excel, ...etc. and publish them directly to the web.
yep, though I'd modulo it with, "supposed"
If what we are discussing materializes, then the same could be done with OpenOffice and Drupal. You get a powerful and usable front end that only requires word processing skills, and a powerful back end for web publishing, and both are open.
We have a winner here...
that's what I have been thinking. Ideally, a filter could also work with other compatible and free/open CMSs, just as it could also work with other ODF implementations, eg, KOffice. My goal is really to make the product a flexible one. (Alfresco has gone some distance, I believe, along these lines, but lacks Drupal's presence and plugin ease.)
-- Khalid M. Baheyeldin 2bits.com, Inc. http://2bits.com Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
best, Louis