Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

On Oct 25, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> > I don't think that a demo should have all of the features active when it
> > was thrown together in so little time. It is not work messing up your
> > server space with potential hacking.
>
> As mentioned earlier, the problem derives from calling the testing area "demo". If it had been 
> called "minimal version to start with" all these necessary functions would have probably been 
> included from the beginning.
> > Common sense will show that missing functions can be included.
>
> Common sense shows, that nearly every function can be included in Drupal. But it *has to be* 
> included to start working with the CMS.
>
> And time is too short to discuss the features - we have to start creating websites with whatever 
> CMS will have been chosen.

It feels like we're on a slippery slope here, with some folks thinking we're still in demo phase, 
and others thinking we're already starting a prototype phase. Let's just draw a line in the sand 
and choose one or the other, and make it explicit so that everyone in this discussion is on the 
same page.

> Until the decision of the Steering Committee there is still the chance to include the modules in 
> the Drupal "demo". This would give the SC a real possibility to decide:
> In my eyes allowing the people waiting for the starting shot to create their webpages *now* is 
> the main precondition for their decision. What I read from Christian's mails this is still not 
> possible for Drupal, so there might be no real decision...
>
> I created a new table on the wiki page comparing only the necessities for going live with either 
> Drupal or SilverStripe.
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Website/Evaluation_of_CMS_Platforms#Preconditions_to_go_live_with_one_of_the_CMS
>
> I didn't test these features in both of the CMS as I don't have the time ATM. I just added, what 
> I remember from the discussion here.
>
> Please update the table with your experiences.

It appears there is a "yes" for everything for Drupal here, and almost everything for SS.

-Ben


Benjamin Horst
bhorst@mac.com
646-464-2314 (Eastern)
www.solidoffice.com


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