[development] google just pwned the brochureware site industry

[Steve Dondley]

This has been in the back of my mind for a couple of months:

What's to stop Google from hosting their own Drupal-like community
software? It's inevetible in my opinion.  Maybe not this year or next,
but fairly soon.

On 2/23/06, Steve Dondley <sdondley at gmail.com> wrote:
> This has been in the back of my mind for a couple of months.  What's
> to stop Google from hosting their own Drupal-like community software?
> It's inevetible in my opinion.  Maybe not this year or next, but
> certainly within a decade.
>
> On 2/23/06, Moshe Weitzman <weitzman at tejasa.com> wrote:
> > Adrian Rossouw wrote:
> > > http://pages.google.com
> > >
> > > Go play with the site editor, that's how our themes should work damnit.
> > >
> > > layouts / skins
> >
> > by site editor, do you mean the part link for 'change look'?
> >
> > and isn't our current theme system all about layouts/skins? what do you
> > mean exactly? layout=chameleon, skin=marvin
> >
> > this google tool is impressive as far as user experience goes. but
> > really, anyone who wants a site like this has far simpler tools to
> > employ than drupal? when google decides to offer a CMS, then we are in
> > for a fight. according to some rumors, this is forthcoming ...
> >
>
>
> --
> Dondley Communications
> http://www.dondleycommunications.com
>
> Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet
> http://www.communicateordie.com
>


--
Dondley Communications
http://www.dondleycommunications.com

Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet
http://www.communicateordie.com