[consulting] CMS comparison

[Bèr Kessels]

Op dinsdag 9 mei 2006 19:02, schreef Dan Robinson:
> Joomla
> does better "out of box" than Drupal.

esp. for "consultants" it does. 

Its a real headache to get simple stuff that "ANY" site require going in 
Drupal. 
* Feedback forms. Drupal core contact needs a lot of love before it can offer 
anything usefull to brochure/corporate sites. There are at least four threads 
about this with patches.
* links. Drupal has nothing in core to make a weblinks "thing". 
* brochureware. I dare say that it is impossible to build a proper Drupal 
brochure site. Simple stuff like about-us requires serious theme skills and 
PHP hacking to get going.

All in all: Joomla is far better targeted at a certain audience then Drupal. 
Drupal is (as we call it in Dutch) meat nor fish. Its "nothing" really. Wich 
is its power, and its weakness both at the same time: Anything *seems* 
possible, while you get nothing really usefull (from a certain POV)  OOTB. 
Drupal is not a "killer blog app" (typo, or wordpress do a far better job), 
nor is it a brochureware app (textpattern is far better suited for that) it 
is not a real community thing anymore, nor is it a fullblown developers 
platform (Ruby on Rails is far ahead in that). So Drupal isvery good at being 
"nothing", wich is very usefull and extremely handy for those who can see its 
power. But being "nothing" is not something one can sell, let alone that one 
can present to the outside world. 

I am not saying Drupal needs a clearer target, I am only putting down my ideas 
on why Joomla is "better" from certain POVs. 

Bèr