[user5994461]

> Sharepoint is complete crap, and the off Sharepoint file syncer client is absurdly flaky, but there is a huge tolerance for that kind of thing.

With SharePoint I can share documents and directories with other people in my company.

As much as I think SharePoint is "mediocre", Google Doc is just shit when it comes to sharing[1].

[1] The only sharing google doc does well is sending a link to ONE SINGLE DOCUMENT to a bunch of people by EMAIL ONLY.

[therealmarv]

With Google Drive I can ALSO share documents and directories with other people in my company. I don't get your point

[nu5500]

Yea, that probably wasn't a great example. I think at a basic file storage and sharing perspective the products offer about the same.

However, IMO comparing SharePoint to Google Drive is apples and oranges (and really OneDrive consumer is the appropriate comparison) SharePoint uses metadata and a content type model to organize everything, which is indexed so it can be searched on and have custom filters, views, and forms built off of it. It's a double edged sword though in that as much as it helps organize lots of documents, it also has a lot of maintenance overhead (and a lot of special nuances that people need to learn). It also supports a lot of features that are aimed at implementing simple business processes like workflows, versioning, and document templates.

More recent updates have been trying to gloss over a lot of the complexity and simplify the UI, to make it look more like a consumer level product I guess.

[foota]

What's wrong with their sharing? I don't understand your comment in [1]

[gonewest]

Totally agree. With GDrive you can share a folder with a group of collaborators and anyone can modify or add to the files therein.

[user5994461]

With a sharepoint, there is a single place where everything is stored, the sharepoint.

Everything there is accessible, visible and searchable (modulo access permissions). It's de-facto shared.

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With a Google Drive, all contents is private, only visible by you, only accessible by yourself.

Other people can't access your stuff, people can't search your stuff, people can't even know what may or may not exist.

If you want to share something, you have to email a link a single specific document of yours to selected people (who will each individually have to accept the invite).

How do you keep track of what is shared? by who? to who? how do you share stuff to groups/teams/businessunit? Basically, google docs intuitively goes against everything you want to do in an entreprisey context.

[timdierks]

You can share folders; also, check out Team Drive. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/21/google-opens-up-its-new-pr...

[user5994461]

It's an early access feature, only available since a few days, if you request it personally to a google sales rep.

Yes. That's one of the thing they miss really bad for sharing. It should have been there for 10 years already.

[sowbug]

It's easy to share a folder in Google Drive.

[tluyben2]

Everything you say also goes for Drive... Not sure what you mean?

[Already__Taken]

There's also some new team drive coming to address this https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2016/11/google-team-dri...

[user5994461]

Case in point. Google Drive should have had a workflow for teams and organisations since 10 years.

[basch]

the new client syncs sharepoint document libraries fine. the only reoccuring problem i have right now is with excel files locking (for 10m??) after editing.

https://blogs.office.com/2016/09/26/sharepoint-online-sync-p...

[user5994461]

I use sharepoint as a windows shared network folder. Don't have to use sync tools.

[basch]

zeedrive?

the new onedrive client with selective sync is nice if you have something like say a 400mb autocad drawing youd rather not stream everytime you double click it. you can sync just the files in the group/documentlibrary you want.