Alternative to Groove? 75
jpmahala asks: "We had been using Groove internally at our company for quite some time (before the Microsoft buyout), and were interested in adding more users to the program. However, after clicking on the link to the store on Groove's website, I find a message from Microsoft that the product is no longer being offered. Following the link provided by Microsoft, I find that it is bundled into the Office2007 product now and it does not seem to be offered as a standalone product. I'm sad to see that sort of thing happen, and I am unwilling to upgrade everyone to Office2007 just for the sake of Groove. Is there any viable alternative out there?"
They suck (Score:2, Interesting)
I personally contacted our Microsoft representative and explained him very carefully why I think he sucks/they suck. Taking over Groove and consequently destroying it while integrating it with Office 2007 made me switch to OpenOffice and Groove 3.x. I won't switch back.
Hopefully someone will release a Groove 3.x keygen within the next few days.
Re:Business case? (Score:3, Interesting)
Building an Emergency Operations Center on Groove and SharePoint [microsoft.com]
Groove {is} used by legions of organizations from GlaxoSmithKline to the U.S. Army. Being able to edit documents and then return them to a shared folder in one go is great. So is the fact that what you have on your computer is synchronized with other team members in real-time so, should your Internet connection be cut for whatever reason, the version will be updated when you come back online. And all this is done via encrypted files, making it very hard for an outsider to intercept and read them. Why Is the Internet So Unfriendly To Those Who Work in Teams? [careerjournal.com]
Re:Business case? (Score:3, Interesting)
God, what a dickish response. What did I do to deserve that?
I know plenty about Ozzie, I know how to Google (you sanctimonious prick), I've sat through marketing presentations on Groove, I've read about it, I'm even about to load it on my machine in a few weeks. I've also just completed a day-long "product roadmap" (supposedly a 2- to 3-year forward view) with our Microsoft account reps and had to castigate them for not mentioning Groove once the entire day until I asked them about it.
I'm interested in perspectives from people who aren't going to give me marketing spin,are really familiar with the product, and have made it work and seen or proven to themselves the particular value of its particular uniqueness. That's the perspective that's going to tell me why it can't or can't be replaced by a SharePoint-based solution or any of the other options I've learned about or built over the course of a 30-year career. That's also the perspective that might help me explain to users why I think they should adopt a new tool that might fundamentally change the way they work.
You need to review the definition of "troll." The fact that you don't know what it means, apparently, doesn't say much for your credentials here. Asking questions aimed at offering constructive help does not make you one. Responding like a dickhead maybe does, though, no matter how low your ID is.