[Fsf-friends] Looking for an alternative Knowledge Base Software....

[Imran William Smith]

Have you tried searching for a 'document management system'
rather than a 'knowledgebase'?  I would guess sourceforge
has several.

Alternatively, could  a traditional 'message board' suffice?  There
are some quite powerful messageboards - you may need
the ability for the search engine to 'index' attachments.

Looks like one of those applications that can start off simple,
and can quickly get complex - multiple levels of permissioning,
archiving etc.  Much of the power may need to reside in
the search algorithm.

I would estimate  a good PHP/MySQL programmer could
implement something workable in 2 man months, something
better in 6 mm, assuming you are willing to release under GPL
so they can build on existing GPL codebase. 
Cost - depends on where the programmer(s) reside!


Imran
Malaysia


Rishi Gangoly wrote:

>Hi 
>
>This is a proprietory Knowledge Base tool we use at our office.
>
>http://www.softwarepoetry.com/kbnow/
>
>I'm looking for 'Free' (as in Freedom) alternatives.  Tried to find something 
>on Freshmeat, but no joy. Anyone knows what something like this would cost to 
>make and where to post such a request?
>
>Prefereably it should work on PHP/MySQL.
>
>I'd be happy to pay for it, license is GPL and upload it to a site for the 
>rest of the world to enjoy it.
>
>Regards
>
>Rishi
>
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