On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Dries Buytaert wrote:
It's all about convenience and comfort.
Indeed.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: other CMS's? Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 02:04:44 -0800 (PST)
Sorry if I'm bringing up an old subject, but I have a question. Recently my friend, a Linux guy, general coder, and brainsy type fellow, tried to install Drupal for his personal CMS site. He had success, but I think after tinkering with the image and taxonomy module, grew impatient with the whole thing and has now switched to Xoops. I asked him why he made the switch, and his answer was that he felt more comfortable with Xoops,
That is good for him.
plus it had more modules to play around with.
Even more modules? I am starting to believe we should kick out or merge at least half the Drupal contrib modules as they provide very similar or not very often needed functionality and the plethora or modules is rather confusing. And we should evaluate if we want a module in contrib before letting somebody add it.
And that got me to thinking, why I am using Drupal? Why do I spend hours a day tinkering with it? Why do I put up with the frustrations and headaches?
I can't answer his, I don't get headaches when setting up Drupal sites. But I guess that is due to experience.
So I'll ask you guys - why Drupal/Civicspace over other CMS's?
I never looked much at other CMSes. I chose Drupal because I could let others help translate the interface to German. Later I found out that Drupal's code is vastly better organized and better readable than most other CMSes I looked at.
Not to worry, I'm a loyal CS guy. But I thought it'd be interesting to see what your responses were, and maybe then I can convert my friend back...
If he is happy with Xoops, why bother? He has found the software he wants to use and that should be respected. It is very well possible that Xoops is the better choice for the type of site that he wants to have. For example I believe that Drupal is overkill for most simple blogging sites. What I think would be interesting for the Drupal developers is a more detailed description of what exactly makes your friend more comfortable with Xoops. Cheers, Gerhard