<p>One of the best things about SharePoint is its name. The moniker suggest a friendly place where people can gather, work, and say to themselves, "a good time was had by all." If the greatest thing going for a software is its name, then it probably has some shortcomings elsewhere. SharePoint has shortcomings, and in the rough-and-tumble world of collaborative web applications, SharePoint has received more than its fair share of criticisms. Let's find out what these shortcomings are, and maybe what we, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, can do about it.</p><p>What are SharePoint's shortcomings? To answer that question, we'll ask a less biased question what is SharePoint anyway? There are three main promises that SharePoint has made about itself. We'll consider each of these, and uncover how it may not have completely fulfilled its promises on all three fronts.1. SharePoint is everything.</p><p>SharePoint is allegedly everything that you could have ever wanted at least that's how it was described in its infancy by Jeff Teper. Teper, "the father of SharePoint" sold the product on the promise that it would integrate everything doc management, CMS, intranet, sharing, blogs, etc. into a ginormous silver bullet. It's been called the "all-in-one collaboration and communication server" by one organization. Teper preferred to describe it as the "ultimate Swiss Army Knife." Swiss Army Knives are great, precisely because they can do everything. That's precisely the point (no pun intended): SharePoint can do everything!</p><p>SharePoint's Wikipedia entry tries to make sense of it all with its descriptions, an unending stream of functionality: "SharePoint can be used to provide intranet portals, document &amp; file management, collaboration, social networks, extranets, websites, enterprise search, and business intelligence. It also has system integration, process integration, and workflow automation capabilitiescentral management, governance, and security controls," and more.</p><p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/sharepoints-shortcomings/">Keep reading...</a></p>