On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Joomla Training <i...@joomlatraining.com> wrote: > The flip side is that Drupal has no commercial market to speak of - all the > money is in custom work.
That's the money-quote, as that is exactly where Joomla has been headed dating back to the determination that extensions were derivatives, and therefore subject to the GPL. That was a game-changer for the community, for sure. Not a complaint - no need to rehash old arguments - but this is what the landscape looks like when there are no products, only services. Each direction has their own benefits and disadvantages. I always thought the commercial aspect produced good ol' fashioned competition (and therefore choice for the consumer); however a lack of cooperation makes it difficult for folks to find what they need, and distributes resources doing duplicate effort for the most part. Drupal folks don't have many competing efforts, so your path is relatively clear - and all resources for a given topic are working cooperatively towards a common goal. -- Mitch _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
