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November 09, 2005
Alfresco impresses
I took Alfresco for a short spin yesterday and was impressed. The installation as a no-brainer - just download the package, set up the database (a MySQL script is provided) and start up the application. The war file automatically deploys into Tomcat and access via the web interface is a breeze. Up and running in less than 10 minutes (I had to download and install Java 5).
While I can't really judge the actual enterprise content management functionality without taking a more comprehensive look, I really think the Alfresco installation and setup shows how easy it can be to get a whole bunch of Open Source components installed and working without any hassle. Wrapped in that sort of environment and Open Source does become as easy to setup and use as any commercial package.
Posted by Matthew at November 9, 2005 05:00 PM