http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cdndevs/archive/2009/08/10/sharepoint-an-opportunity-in-the-econopocalypse.aspxSharePoint has always been a tricky thing to describe, but the opening paragraphs from a recent article in the New York Times, Microsoft’s SharePoint Thrives in the Recession , does a pretty decent job: Hang around at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., headquartersen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cdndevs/archive/2009/08/10/sharepoint-an-opportunity-in-the-econopocalypse.aspx#9863595Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:40:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9863595Steve Syfuhs<p>We are developing a public customer website built entirely on SharePoint. &nbsp;By 'we', I mean an external vendor, but that's beside the point. &nbsp;Initially I thought it was overkill for what we would use it for, but saw the light when I realized how much work it would be to develop a custom system. &nbsp;SharePoint is definitely a Jack-of-all-Trades system, but is also a master of most of the trades too.</p> <p>However, there is a lot of work required to develop on it. &nbsp;It's extremely robust, but is still painful to develop around in a few cases. &nbsp;It's far better than it's predecessor, but a few improvements could be made. &nbsp;Hopefully it will be better with 2010.</p> <p>All-in-all it's a wonderful system, and am looking forward to migrating a good chunk of our internal applications to it.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9863595" width="1" height="1">