Comments on: KnowledgeTree – The Document Cloud Done Right http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2010/02/knowledgetree-the-document-cloud-done-right/ WordPress site Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: timnegris http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2010/02/knowledgetree-the-document-cloud-done-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 timnegris Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:23:43 +0000 http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/?p=5597#comment-2348 Keith, I am surprised and saddened to hear that. My commentary was based on having personally implemented the premises edition of KnowledgeTree a release or two back, and we didn't really have or need any great skills to do it. I haven't looked at the latest commercial functional release or the revived cloud implementation, but I suspect that maybe feature creep and, if you were using the cloud version, the particulars of how they have done the cloud might have played a part in your difficulty. (They had tried to do a cloud version before and ended up killing it and redoing it. I must admit, I always wondered what that was all about.) The open source version is solid and functionally rich but not as complicated (overbuilt?) as the commercial one, so, if you don't need the added features of the commercial version, building your own cloud with the SiteGround and the open source version might indeed be a good way to go. I will pass your comments along to Daniel Chalef, the KT CEO and encourage him to contact you to see if there is anything he can do to help you. Tim Keith,

I am surprised and saddened to hear that. My commentary was based on having personally implemented the premises edition of KnowledgeTree a release or two back, and we didn’t really have or need any great skills to do it.

I haven’t looked at the latest commercial functional release or the revived cloud implementation, but I suspect that maybe feature creep and, if you were using the cloud version, the particulars of how they have done the cloud might have played a part in your difficulty. (They had tried to do a cloud version before and ended up killing it and redoing it. I must admit, I always wondered what that was all about.)

The open source version is solid and functionally rich but not as complicated (overbuilt?) as the commercial one, so, if you don’t need the added features of the commercial version, building your own cloud with the SiteGround and the open source version might indeed be a good way to go.

I will pass your comments along to Daniel Chalef, the KT CEO and encourage him to contact you to see if there is anything he can do to help you.

Tim

]]> By: Keith Nummela http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2010/02/knowledgetree-the-document-cloud-done-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 Keith Nummela Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:27:48 +0000 http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/?p=5597#comment-2347 We've tried and failed to start using KnowledgeTree a couple times in the past 3 years. Mostly we just didn't have the staying power to implement it even though we have qualified staff for doing so. I question why anybody would pay $295/user/year when they could just rent some space at a place like SiteGround and install the free open source version there? Given that you had the right technical skills on staff to do this. Do you agree? We’ve tried and failed to start using KnowledgeTree a couple times in the past 3 years. Mostly we just didn’t have the staying power to implement it even though we have qualified staff for doing so.

I question why anybody would pay $295/user/year when they could just rent some space at a place like SiteGround and install the free open source version there? Given that you had the right technical skills on staff to do this. Do you agree?

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