On Nov 10, 2007 9:06 PM, Liza Sabater <blogdiva@culturekitchen.com> wrote:
Something I took out of my article, I'm going to share here : The way you speak about Drupal is a fantastic way to sell it to other developers but it does nothing to a lot of people looking for a "blog platform on steroids". And by blog, remember, I am not referring to the technical word but to the mythical "The Blog" that people relate to as the key to web 2.0 success.
Drupal is different things to different people. It is a CMF (Content Managment Framework), a project, and a community, way before it being "just a blog". One of the things I suggested on the marketing group is developing several "30 second elevator pitches" each for a specific use/audience. I will not repeat it here. It can be found at http://groups.drupal.org/node/6943#comment-20457 I honestly believe a developers version of Drupal should be distributed.
This would be your dream Drupal and it hopefully will create the space for creating distributions that actually speak to "mere mortals", aka "the market".
The developer version is, well, Drupal itself. The API is there, and one can write all the modules they can eat. Install profiles address the rest. If one wants a blogging install profile, then it is fairly straightforward to do one. Perhaps it is done already even. -- Khalid M. Baheyeldin 2bits.com http://2bits.com Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.