Even,<br> I am with you on this. I find the community attitude quite arrogant and condescending. <br> I am quite familiar with one of the startups 'hurt' by the choice to use Drupal. It was a mistake and they and likely several of the startups that choose Drupal as a base were sold on the platform really hard by people in the community. It was pumped up to be more then it was and they bought it and then got into it and it just was a mess.
<br> All I wanted to do was nice clean simple neat social networking for spiritual leaders and groups. Without a whole lot of cost and I couldn't do it in Drupal. I personally am waiting for a Ruby solution for my needs.
<br>=Kaliya<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Evan Leibovitch</b> <<a href="mailto:evan@telly.org">evan@telly.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Kieran Lal wrote:<br>>> There are no qualifications or "it's not always the best choice" type<br>>> honest comments anywhere to be found.<br>>><br>><br>> By targeting specific uses we tried to highlight it's strengths.
<br>> Highlighting weaknesses is not very useful as it's frequently the<br>> limitations of the users ability to use a tool that are the real<br>> weakness.<br>><br>Well, there we have it: "There are no weaknesses in Drupal, just
<br>weaknesses in users' ability to master it."<br><br>You have me at a loss for words, I honestly have no answer to something<br>so incredibly arrogant.<br><br>>> Small businesses are explicitly mentioned as a target group for whom
<br>>> Drupal is the right answer.<br>>> In fact, the page offers no realistic appraisal of what Drupal doesn't<br>>> do well, which is also what people coming to such a page are<br>>> looking for.
<br>>><br>> What do you suggest?<br>><br>The kind of honesty that Bill suggested. An acknowledgement that Drupal<br>isn't for everyone, and a frank analysis of its advantages and<br>drawbacks. Respect for users' intelligence rather than contempt.
<br>Emphasis on understanding what users need, rather than what you expect<br>of them.<br><br>- Evan<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>consulting mailing list<br><a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">
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