Re: Website CMS questions

Darrel...am going to resist the temptation to respond to all the blatently inaccurate OS vs Commercial assertions made throughout the email - but one aspect did confuse me;
 
...you start out by 'claiming' that there is no difference between OS and Commercial products (hmmmmm) - but you end by suggesting there is a difference after all - "If it doesn't work, great, you've learned what you do/do not want to see in a CMS and can now better shop for a commercial product."......... of course if you move the word 'better' inbetween 'a' and 'commercial' then in my view the sentence is spot on ;-)

Rgds
Steve
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From: [email protected] on behalf of Austin, Darrel
Sent: Tue 31/10/2006 14:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CMS] Website CMS questions



> We have decided to explore commercial options rather than
> open source given our limited in-house technical capacity to
> work with an open-source product (no programmers on staff).

The only difference between OS and Commercial CMS products is that you
pay more for one up front. ;o)

In otherwords, if you want to maintain these in-house, you're going to
need a programmer regardless of whether or not it is OS or if it is
commercial.

> Currently, I am trying to find a listing of the more "tried
> and true" commercial CMS products with some reviews. I am
> aware of the CMS Watch Report, but we do not have a
> sufficient budget to purchase this.

This is my opinion, but, personally, CMS reviews aren't terribly useful
at all. Most of them that are out there are either high-level
generalizations, or written by the vendor itself.

You really have to use the product to decide if it's right for you. As
such, I typically recommend people try the OS options first. If it
works, great, you've got a CMS up and running without a license fee. If
it doesn't work, great, you've learned what you do/do not want to see in
a CMS and can now better shop for a commercial product.

I'd talk to a few web development firms in your area that specialize in
one or more OS CMS products. They can likely implement a product,
customized to the extend you need it, for likely the same cost as
purchasing a commercial CMS license.

-Darrel

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