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I know I talk about Frankensuites all the time but rarely do I get to peer into the belly of one and see the mania.

 

Check out this diagram on the history of Sharepoint (large version). Does this scare anyone else? Where are they going to bolt on their social software?

 

 

 

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Jan 16, 2008 4:27 PM Guest Chandima  says:

Are you scared of the past or the present or both? I guess if you made the same diagram for a few other software vendors still around you'd probably end up with same or worse. It's easy for someone to take a diagram and say oh look they made something out of a sphaghetti soup dont touch it. I think you need to take into the context the improvements and learnings over time and look at the solution offering today.

If we looked at the Wright Bothers first air plane diagram and decided never to jump on an airplane we will probably end up nowhere.

Jan 17, 2008 6:04 AM Sam Lawrence Sam Lawrence    says in response to Chandima:

Thanks for posting Chandima. Yep, it looks pretty complicated to me but you're right, as long as developers and users love it it could be a Jackson Pollack on the backend. From your website, it looks like you're focused on Sharepoint solutions and that you're a huge champion so I imagine your experiences with it are pretty different. Feel free to share them.