On 3/28/07, digital spaghetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Another point I forgot to make is I see a lot of people re-inventing
> the wheel.  How many different Auth components are there out there
> (not to mention the official one in 1.2) for example.  Why can't we
> come up with one consistant approach that can be provided to the
> community, again a base one that people can customise to their own
> needs.
>
> Tane
>

Um, isn't that what you're suggesting by creating yet another CMS? ;)

Maybe I just don't understand how an application *built* with CakePHP
will inspire people to create their own applications with CakePHP.
Won't people concentrate on extending this killer app instead of
creating their own?

I hate to say it again, but we're aiming at developers, not at end
users.  You're making a big leap in assuming that a cool application
written in CakePHP will lead people to build CakePHP applications.

Look at it this way:  37Signals, the company that the creator of Rails
works for, uses WordPress to run their blog, not some solution written
in Ruby on Rails.

On a related note, I'd love to see evidence that WordPress having been
written in PHP has encouraged more developers to build things using
PHP...

I know it looks like I'm picking on you, but I'm not, really.  I just
think that the goal should be to get developers to use CakePHP.  We
just have a severe difference of opinion on the best way to accomplish
that.

My own contribution to CakePHP is going to be an interactive console
to complement testing.  Is that a killer app?  I dunno, but hopefully
lots of people will benefit from it.

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