
Not only is it ugly, it also costs upwards $500+ for a corporate license which doesn’t even include real AJAX capabilities. Thats not my true grip though - I’m forced to use SharePoint as the presentation layer for my application at work. I want to display a simple RSS feed via a web-part, only to find out the feeds don’t update for HOURS. Agile business out of the box my ass. News feeds are meant to keep you up to date, what is Microsoft thinking? Disabling caching, and setting timeout intervals don’t do any good because SharePoint STILL manages to cache old data - this is useless. If you want a real content/information management system look at some open source alternatives like Drupal or Joomla. Not only will you get your money’s worth (FREE) you’ll also get your sanity back. In the meantime, I’ll be whipping out some custom web-parts a-la ASP.NET since corporate America is locked into the Microsoft Office ecosystem.
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