[consulting] CMS comparison

[John Sechrest]

"Neil McEvoy" <neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com> writes:

 % >  In my mind... the pathway involves some kind of API
 % >  that draws a line between what will change and what won't change.

 % >  And given the discussions on the development list, I don't
 % >  have a sense that drupal as a whole is ready to define an API.

 % If you don't mind, can you expand on this a bit? What does it involve,
 % what benefits would it bring and what would need to happen to make it so?
 % Hope that's on-list relevant.

 Given that I am not truely following the development discussions in detail,
 but looking at the types of discussions that are happening, I have a sense
 that many things are still in flux. And given that sense, It feels
 like there is not going to be a stable core API for some time.

 If there were a stable core API... Like Unix has one. then the software
 and modules written 10 years ago would still run. That is, things
 can change on the inside of the API, and they can change on the 
 outside of the API, but the API is realatively fixed and does not migrate
 a lot. 

 We see transformation of the modules interface over and over. 
 If we had a stable API, then 4.4 modules would work with 4.5, 4.6, 4.7
 It lends it self to compatability. 

 But I do not believe we are there in the discussions yet. 


 % There's a couple of areas that (I think) may be relevant, that I'm keen to
 % understand better:

 % - Drupal as a general tool for integrating with other apps; for example
 % there is a single sign-on module from Drupal to your email. What about
 % therefore using this module approach as a generalised way of integrating
 % with any other app?

 ...snip...
 % Similarly, there is SXIP capability, I believe, which has SSO into
 % Salesforce.com, and so I think emphasising marketing/development around
 % these kinds of areas is one key way to define a more mature market
 % approach; offer sexy headline features that will attract corporate + other
 % interest.


 I am not understanding what you are pointing out for drupal as a glue
 between Apps. 



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