“Sharepoint is a plague upon the American workforce. This ubiquitous piece of collaboration software has taught millions of people that Intranets are destined to be places where you can’t find anything[, but it] doesn’t have to be this way, despite what Microsoft may have you believe.”
— Joe Flood on Freeing Yourself from the Tyranny of Sharepoint
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