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<br>From: Kieran Lal <<a href="mailto:kieran@civicspacelabs.org">kieran@civicspacelabs.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [consulting] CMS comparison<br>To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<br>
<<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:59AC46E7-DF91-4E5A-9696-1E395A730A9D@civicspacelabs.org">59AC46E7-DF91-4E5A-9696-1E395A730A9D@civicspacelabs.org
</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed<br><br><br>On May 9, 2006, at 9:45 AM, John Sechrest wrote:<br><br>><br>> Today I saw the article about CMS War:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.torkiljohnsen.com/2006/05/09/cms-war/">
http://www.torkiljohnsen.com/2006/05/09/cms-war/</a><br>><br>> And it looks from the graph that drupal is doing well, but that<br>> Joomla is doing better.<br>><br>> What are the features of Joomla that people are reacting to, which
<br>> drupal does not have?<br>><br>><br>> What are the features of drupal that people don't know, but which<br>> if they did, would cause them to prefer drupal?<br><br><br>I don't think the about Drupal section is doing Drupal justice. We
<br>need more information that consulting shops are looking for.<br><br>Kieran</blockquote><div><br>I hate to admit this but the tipping point that got me into Mambo over Drupal was the default template. It is bright, inviting, interesting. I'm sorry but blue marine doesn't do it for me. I've since come to my senses and moved over to drupal for all of my development/design work but those coulple months before i realized how big of mess Mambo is was time I spent not making cool Drupal stuff I could brag about to others.
<br><br>I've seen some good themes get ported recently but maybe we need a structured theme inititive of sorts. That bit of eye candy is often what pursuades people who haven't taken the time to really investigate the differences in a thoughtful way.
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