On Wednesday 09 Sep 2009 3:58:06 pm Srinivasan Sundararajan wrote: > > thanks for sharing your thoughts. may i infer that it is easier for the > > user(developer) to set up a drupal / joomla based CMS -- thus a typical > FOSS community contributor group can use this platform. Plone possibly > needs a "resource-rich" service provider. > > Any significant feature variation as regards to the average user (who may > have very little FOSS exposure) who wants to access the system, use and > contribute to the contents ?
I started this thread with the intention of showing that choice of platform depends on various factors, and blind choice of a cms for every use may be overkill in some circumstances. I have used plone in a couple of instances where the users are absolute newbies, and minmal configuration is necessary. It has worked out ok - until the users started to demand more customisation, in which case I have shifted to using a framework. Perhaps a simple analogy would help. If I want idlis for breakfast, there are 4 ways of getting them: 1. buy the rice, dhal and other indgredients, grind the maav to taste, ferment overnight and cook and eat in the morning 2. buy already ground maav, add other ingredients, ferment overnight and cook and eat in the morning 3. buy ready made fermented maav, cook and eat. 4. buy ready made idlis and eat the choice of what to do depends on time available, skill set available, finance and taste. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
