[drupal-docs] Drupal vs Mambo

[Morbus Iff]

> Community Plumbing

In thinking about why I never much minded this slogan, in comparison to 
how much I *dislike* "Community Management System", I think the key word 
is "Plumbing", as Kobus brings up. Plumbing, to me, is the *foundation* of 
something. When you're messing with the "plumbing" of something, you're 
messing with its innards, the things that make it tick. Mess up the 
plumbing of a human, bad things happen. Fiddle with the plumbing of a 
computer, and you'll impact all the stuff that relies on that plumbing.

This analog applies to the "Community" part, and fits in with my earlier 
comment: most of the stuff I'd consider "community" building (forums, 
profiles, trackbacks, aggregators) is turned *off* by default. It is only 
when you mess with the plumbing, when you add a new pipe or feature, that 
you start building a "Community" site. And adding those pipes or features 
is entirely optional.

"Community management system", however, suggests that the community 
already exists - that you've just got to manage it (side note: "community" 
is much harder to just create outta the blue than "content"). Managing 
something is different, IMO, then Installing and then Configuring and then 
Managing. And the I/C/M workflow is required with the default Drupal. You 
would still need a Community Plumber to come by and mess with crap before 
you can be a Community Manager.

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