[thelist] opinions on CMS solutions

Jeff Howden jeff at jeffhowden.com
Tue Apr 26 15:06:09 CDT 2005


Jan,

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> From: Jan Brasna
> 
> > Nonsense.  There's absolutely *no* need to switch
> > development languages.  Solutions in all sorts of
> > price ranges, qualities, and capabilities are
> > available in any of the major development
> > languages
> 
> I don't agree, there are really bad OS CMS and forums
> for ASP and ASP.NET. Great ones are for PHP, some for
> Perl and Python.
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There are also a number of *really* bad options available in PHP.  What's
your point?

My point, which you seem to have lost, was that it's not necessary to use
something other than the application-server you're already familiar
with/have available/invested in/etc.

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> > Extensibility brings with it performance losses,
> > customization issues, learning curve, stability,
> > scalability, increased troubleshooting cost, and
> > bugs.  Further, no one product out there can solve
> > all your needs without some custom development
> 
> TCO would never reach $20k on customising any OS
> solution IMHO.
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I've seen numerous projects that would require investments in excess of $20k
just to get started with an OSS solution, not to mention the ongoing costs
to keep the software updated regularly, fix problems caused by updates, etc.

Jeff
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