__________________________________________________________________ My question is what you, with most of you with far more african experience than Joeri and myself combined, expect of a Content Management System, like Drupal, and of a community like the Drupal community. How can the people that we will talk to and with on Thursday support the website builders in Africa? What did the CMS's that you have tried so far lack in functionality? Or, in short, how can we make Drupal better for your use?
Reinier Battenberg ___________________________________________________________________________ Drupal is a good CMS, just like Joomla or wordpress is. Even html is ok. I dont see what the Drupal Community can do for Africa? Their focus should be global. Drupal is widely used, but not as popular as joomla. This is true even in european countries. The reasons for this are varied. If the promoters, of Drupal want to make it more widely used, then they are competing against nature, a very hard thing to do. will Drupal, become more popular, i think so (maybe 10 years - could be less), but several things have to take place. I will only point out one. Joomla has more contributed modules, than all the other Content Mgt Systems combined. How can this be averted? (dont ask me) Its a good fight for the Drupal PR machine, not an easy one. Is it possible for an automaker to overtake, Toyota, (yes), but its not easy. I also have to point out that using Drupal, will not make a bad website look good. At the end of the day, it boils down to the skill set of the individual, whether the person uses Drupal, Joomla, Sharepoint or note pad (html)
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