[consulting] CMS comparison

[John Sechrest]

"Jeremy Epstein" <jazepstein at gmail.com> writes:

 % Personally, I hope Drupal never grows up. I think it's amazing that
 % Drupal has managed to stay young for this long, to consistently look
 % ahead to the next release with absolutely no fear of anything, and
 % with a bit of ideas and a bit of a plan, and a whole lot of passion.
 % And I think that our branding should continue to reflect that. Because
 % that's how we'll continue to attract 'plumbers' who are eager to dive
 % into the sand and start building castles with us. Other software
 % products wish they were young at heart, wish that they still had a
 % happy-go-lucky ambition and a super-charged imagination. I say, let's
 % hold on to that for as long as we can.

 There is a decided focus on this idea. It happens when Dries 
 says things like there is no roadmap. And when there is no
 backward compatability for older releases. And when the solution
 to problems is to upgrade.

 And as a result, the platform is be definition unstable. 
 And as a consultant trying to create a site that is supportable
 by a client, it causes me trouble. Upgrades are as painful
 or more painful than the initial install. 

 The need for clean, fast , pretty out of the box experience is 
 useful for not only the newcomer, but for the consultant trying
 to make a good impression on the first rapid install.

 The alternative presented by drupal is to do what Bryght is doing,
 which is to basically to maintain an automation suite which
 is like having your own distribution. 

 If the decided goal of drupal is to be a platform for invention,
 then that is a different goal than having a stable platform that 
 organizations like city governments and businesses need for
 the stable support of their tasks. 

 Why would an organization like a city government, which is aiming
 at consistancy and quality want to engage in using drupal if
 the tool goal is to be a platform for invention? 


 







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