Why Choose Microsoft for your Portal?

re: Why Choose Microsoft for your Portal?

Alex Odintsov — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:07:00 GMT

Of course it is money maker for Microsoft. One license is $4000. Now you have to add $71 per user plus how much for SQL server? Since I run web farm, I have to multiply this “total” by at least 2, right? I will face “improve our Intranet site” task this summer, but I don’t think my company will approve the budget with Sharepoint in it. So said, because my team use VB.NET & C#, so we can easily create web parts is needed. Anyway, just my 2c.

re: Why Choose Microsoft for your Portal?

Jeff — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:43:00 GMT

I have to multiply this “total” by at least 2, right

WRONG !

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Maxim V. Karpov — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:01:00 GMT

Great post! I agree with all of the points you made about TCO etc. The one thing that frustrates me and others is the lack of MS support for SharePoint Community!

my two cents, maxim
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re: Why Choose Microsoft for your Portal?

Arpan Shah — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:06:00 GMT

Not taking into account any discounting, the retail price is 4K per server (not CPU). Also, it's $71 for a SharePoint Cal as you mentioned per user... however, you may want to consider purchasing Core CAL which is a bundle.

Also, it's NOT x2. Price of software is:
Server Price x #of servers + Price of CAL x #of users = 2 x Server Price + Price of CAL x users... so it's not x2 total, just servers.

re: Why Choose Microsoft for your Portal?

Paul — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:08:00 GMT

i like the simplicity factor. All Microsoft products have the following:
- Same UI (everyone knows where the Help menu is)
- Same Authentication (Use Active Directory to validate the user)
- Same Development Environment (one platform - .NET)
- Same Management Tools
This makes things easier for end users since they know Windows, for IT folks so they don't have to manage so much co-existance, and developers so they don't have to write authentication code, translation layers, etc.

re: Why Choose Microsoft for your Portal?

Anon — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:08:00 GMT

A good detailed article, and whilst I am an MS man I should point out some things.

Most Java peeps I know use eclipse, its an IDE and from what I hear a great one, some of my cross-over friends who use java and .Net even prefer eclipse (freaks).

[Quote]
"Since VS.NET is a killer IDE, development and testing times are much less allowing developers to write good code quickly"

Absolutely not, the killer IDE that is studio with all its wizards and drag and drop computing allows total morons to develop what appear to be working applications, but just try fixing one or worse droppping it onto a web farm for high usage.

Regardeless of the IDE only good developers write good software, the IDE only aids in speed of development at the same programming level. Good developers rarely use drag and drop and have raided the PAG groups code and techniques.

Im about to embark on a Sharepoint adventure after my Plumtree adventure. Wont say much about Plumtree other than Im looking at Sharepoint.

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