2006/5/22, Dries Buytaert <dries.buytaert@gmail.com>:

Hello,

I met Joomla! lead developer this weekend, and attended a Joomla! 1.5
demo.  Joomla! 1.5 is the next Joomla! release, currently in alpha/
beta.  It will mark the first important release since Joomla!
"spooned" from Mambo.

Notable changes were:

- A new install system with a very basic notion of install profiles!
- Internationalization: interface translation only
- Database abstraction layer
- Separation of logic and presentation layer
- Improved APIs, making it a better developer platform

Clearly, they have been playing catch-up with Drupal. :-)

They also stated that Joomla! 2.0, the version after Joomla! 1.5 will
have a node system like Drupal.

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Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/