Sharepoint -It isn't the technology.......

Mark Schneider-It isn't the technology, it is what you actually do with it...
A great article that helped me get my head around who will want to implement (vs who will be required to implement).  Here are some of the quotes that especially hit home.

Don't forget that the point of SharePoint isn't technology, but improved business performance where ad hoc data is concerned.

Sharepoint.....is a virtual environment that connects people, information and work areas in order to accomplish ad hoc tasks. The truly amazing thing is that it does so in a way that enables the knowledge workers to have a great deal of tactical freedom while maintaining a strategic structure and focus to all of their activities.

The bigger portion of the story is what you do with it once you have it in place. Your organization has to understand what SharePoint "means" to your culture, your processes and your people. It is the peopleware and not the hardware or software, that will differentiate vendors moving forward. Can your implementation and services vendor help you figure out how to successfully leverage and use SharePoint after it is in place? If not then all they have done is help you install a really expensive "U: Drive."