<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/26/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Haggerty</b> <<a href="mailto:mhaggerty@trellon.com">mhaggerty@trellon.com</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;">
> With that said, we now have to admit our past weaknesses and market<br>> how our new strengths can over come, to ensure significant investment<br>> continues to be made in Drupal as a platform.<br>><br><br>If
4.6 was a 'weak' release and businesses were not able to operate on it<br>effectively, please explain the Onion's Web site. Wasn't it built on Drupal<br>4.6, and isn't it in the top 1% sites on the Internet in terms of traffic?
<br>If Drupal 4.6 was appropriate for the industrial strength needs of a high<br>traffic site, how come it was not appropriate for these startups? What were<br>these startups looking to do that exceeded the Onion's needs?
</blockquote><div><br>I have to somewhat agree with this. A site I helped built is still on 4.6, and <br>has a very high traffic rank on Alexa. <br><br>The owner has been approached by one of the largest publishers in that
<br>market segment, and they are discussing a deal for the site to be acquired.<br><br>What makes the site unique, and why it is being bought, is its content and<br>success (as measured in building a community and generating traffic).
<br><br>Drupal helped make it successful, but is by no means the only reason for its <br>success.<br><br>That being said, 4.7 FormAPI is a quantum leap for the reasons Kieran stated.<br></div></div>