i think he was referring to small companies like sony, yahoo & mcdonalds. they do use drupal, but they have no clue.
(a, the new york stock exchange is looking for 50 drupallers: http://groups.drupal.org/node/90679 tiny, small stuff they have just 10 sites) -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Thursday 02 September 2010 18:57:42 sanga collins wrote: > "If Drupal is as good as Reinier wants us to believe, why are la > rge > enterprises ignoring it?" > > >. now thats a dumb statement from a man who has a penchant for tossing > >them > > around aimlessly . Large enterprises make poor choices more than most. they > are blinded by their size and smothered in politics. > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Prof. Victor, > > > > i have to disagree with you (although not entirely), > > i asked for large enterprises using drupal, and Reinier listed the White > > house (clearly the White House can not be listed as an enterprise), > > interesting thing, anyone trying to convince you about Drupal, will tell > > you, how the White House is using Drupal. And it was widely reported in > > the media. how the White House website was relaunched using Drupal. The > > reason they selected Drupal had nothing to do with it being a good > > platform, more to do with cronyism. The company that helped Obama with > > his social media campaign is a Drupal shop. > > > > I have used Drupal and its a good CMS, but i can not claim its the best > > CMS, simply because the White House is using it. > > > > back to large enterprises, there is a relationship between alexa ranking > > and large enterprises, although that relationship is not fool proof. I > > came across a website which designs sign posts, and their slogan is "A > > business with no sign, is a sign of no business". This holds water, for > > online presence. If your enterprise, has no website, or few visitors > > (hence high ranking on alexa - high means bad), chances are you are not > > doing well. They are large enterprises which dont need a website, e.g. > > arms dealers, oil companies. I checked British Petroleum, and its alexa > > ranking is 2,500. By the way, the alexa ranking can give you an idea of > > how many users visit a website, which can be an indicator. When the > > world bank is measuring poverty, they look at several indicators, not > > one. So in this case, alexa ranking is just an indicator, and is not > > meant to be the alpha and omega. > > > > craig's list, one of the top 20 viewed websites in the world, is using > > custom code. They actually have an interesting caching method, which the > > owner plans to release to the open source community (he actually said, he > > ll release part of it) > > If Drupal is as good as Reinier wants us to believe, why are large > > enterprises ignoring it? something is not adding up. > > > > Cavin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 1, 2010, at 24:11, Mugarura Cavin wrote: > > > > > > do the above numbers say something ? > > > > No, the above numbers say nothing in the context of enterprise size that > > was mentioned by Reinier. > > > > Alexa mainly measures traffic to a website. > > > > > > If you want to contest Reiniers claim, do your research properly and > > consider a well balanced set indicators like company size, turnover, > > profit, number of clients, number of staff, line of business, global > > impact etc and cross relate with the CMC they are using. > > > > > > Then inform us about your conclusions. > > > > You can consult me, as your old professor, for advice > > > > Victor > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
