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by kippfe 3507 days ago
What is the use if this? No really, in a world of already established messaging/contact system, using this need to create another contact-list? In a world where documents made with Google Suites or Office365 or other, do we need this? I'm just looking for a reason based on a management/conpany view. But salute & thumbs up for the effort.
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There is a real use for an actual document management system, whereas G Suite and Office365 are more properly described as "walled garden onboarding platforms." A real document management system provides just as much value for documents drafted in 1965 as it does for the company picnic newsletter.

Having said that, this does not appear to be what the headline claims it is. This appears to be some kind of half-assed Sharepoint clone.

Apparently someone needed it or it wouldn't have been created, no?

There's plenty of arguments to be made about this particular piece of software, in my opinion, but that isn't a very good one. After all, Microsoft Exchange was a well-established messaging and contact management system but that didn't stop Google from creating Google Docs.