[documentation] Hitchhikers guide to Drupal

[andre]

Kim P. Werker wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm Kim, new to the list, and relatively new to Drupal.
> 
> I agree that this post is a marketing no-no, and also that it would be 
> far more effective if it were worded more positively. One question I 
> want to ask, as a newbie, is what's the overall goal? Is the goal to 
> create a community for coding and developing and building software? Is 
> the goal to build software that's used as widely as possible? Is there a 
> target end-user?

Of course this all depends on who you talk to ;-)

To many core developers it is all about making drupal easier to develop 
for.  Scalability, reliability, modularity, performance etc.  Keeping in 
mind that at the end of the day - 'average' users will want to use this 
thing.

For many others - its about the end product... what more can you do with 
each new release.  And many don't see nor care about the benefits of the 
development platform - they just want a feature rich CMS that works.

Of course both of these are the same thing.  A desire for Drupal world 
domination - by far the best in class of CMS.  Its just the short term 
view that differs.

andre


		
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