[drupal-docs] Drupal vs Mambo

[Morbus Iff]

> *If* the use of the term is receptive to part of our target 
> audience--i.e. it attracts them to Drupal by helping them to correctly 
> conceptualize what they can do with Drupal--then it is a useful term 

Fair enough. I'm not arguing that Drupal can't be "social software" - I'm 
arguing that, outta the box, it isn't, any more than it isn't a forum 
outta the box, or an aggregator. My feeling is that social software is a 
/type/ of software that Drupal *could* be based on the desires of its 
administrator - as such, "social software" is a broad superset of optional 
features, not a requirement. As I've mentioned before, I wouldn't want 
social software to be the ONLY thing used to describe Drupal because 
that'd be sticking Drupal into a tiny hole (as much as describing it as 
"weblog software" would).

Regardless, I'd much rather prefer a feature-based approach then a 
buzzword-based approach (again, see the definition of "buzzword"). As 
previously mentioned:

  http://lists.drupal.org/archives/drupal-docs/2005-07/msg00133.html
  > instead of "built around social software and community ... principles"
  > something like "built to facilitate community and collaboration"
  > or "with a wide range of collaboration and community-building tools"
  >
  > I prefer the "with a wide range..."; much better than buzzwords.
  > "facilitate" is too "big" of a word, and kills the first alternative.

 > whether or not there is some discrepency in it's usage unless a lot of
> people respond negatively to it (i.e., reject using Drupal because of 

How could they ever reject it? It's generic enough to make anyone happy.

> The results of such a study (it would need a little refinement) would 
> reveal a lot about how we should be describing Drupal. I don't have the 
> software to conduct the poll, but I would be glad to assist with putting 
> it together otherwise.

I'm fine with doing a user survey as you've described - anyone else?

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