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Michael Guthrie <[log in to unmask]> writes
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>I would not advocate a small organisation take on using any software
>including joomla unless they did have the resource in house to manage
>or, and this is the point, use a company that specialises in Joomla (or
>Drupal), or other free and open source software, unencumbered by license
>restrictions (This is the most important part). That is, free to
>distribute the code and use community based modules and plugins, from a
>large community, not just a small customer base of a proprietary open
>source (seems like an oxymoron) vendor, but say for Joomla, 300,000
>installed instances. The last thing I want to do as a Web Manager is to
>'hack away to my heart's content'. I would much rather install a module
>or component to achieve functionality that has been based on peer review
>and subjected to iterative community development. Sure there are 35
>events calendars, but usually the ratings systems on the extensions
>sites filter out the duds pretty quick.
It always concerns me when this type of debate comes up (which it does
at regular intervals) that the whole focus is on software and
functionality. What about the data? Any worthwhile web site will
contain a considerable amount of content, and whatever the restrictions
and freedoms on the CMS software you use, there is no question that the
content is yours, and yours alone (and will probably represent the bulk
of your investment). I would interested in comments about whether "data
lock-in", as against "functionality lock-in", is an issue in this
discussion.
Richard
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Richard Light
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