Re: CMS Directories and Comparison Tools

...cmsmatrix.org is good...but just be aware that vendors provide their own evaluations as to what their product does...
 
There are so many abuses in the matrix - which is a shame as it reduces its value...e.g. vendors whose products produce ?123,5,6,7_session=etc URLs ticking the box that says 'friendly URLs' ....guess it depends on your definition of 'friendly'....and that is the difficulty with any such matrix....unless the fields are 'validated' by an independent source you are going to get some vendors who take the view 'tick everything'....
 
...given that the 'tick boxes' against short descriptions are always going to be relatively vague my advice would be to treat 'yes' answers with a degree of scepticism.....ironically only when the vendor says 'no' to an option can you really be sure that it means no........its a good starting point maybe for an evaluation....but every 'yes' should be queried and checked for its 'trueness'
Regards
Steve 
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Sent: Thu 24/08/2006 16:23
To: Scott Abel
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CMS] CMS Directories and Comparison Tools

Hi Scott,
 
The first site I am starting thinking about is CMSMatrix, http://www.cmsmatrix.org/
 
My 2 cents.
 
Alex Masycheff
Content Management Consultant
[email protected] 

Scott Abel <abelsp-Da48MpWaEp0eIZ0/[email protected]> wrote:

	I'm doing some research and wondered if some members of the list might 
	help me.
	
	I'm trying to locate websites that offer CMS comparison tools and 
	directories of CMS vendors and their products. I'm looking for great 
	web sites that offer useful information -- and those that are not so 
	great and not so useful.
	
	Any links and comments are most welcome. Thanks in advance for your 
	help.
	
	Scott Abel, Content Management Strategist, The Content Wrangler, Inc.
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