Re: [OSCOM] New whitepaper on open source CMS
Paul Everitt <paul-+XpZaIz3/[email protected]>
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Kudos for a really fresh, honest, and useful intro: "A more practical approach is to match your needs to a common business problem that others have solved using open source software and engage with the community to learn about their experiences in implementing the solution. Doing so will take advantage of the unique aspects of open source software: the openness of the user community and the transparency of the development process." You're shifting the focus from features lists, which I think is a good thing. You noted Bob Doyle's count of 1,200+ CMS products. All of us here should realize that most of what we consider interesting about our products is actually a commodity. The market is awash with software. I remember seeing a number 4 years ago saying that the CMS market leader, with 43% of the market, was the in-house system. Vignette was #2 with 18%, IIRC. Has Optaros seen open source frameworks and products changing that 43% in any way? I was surprised to find the ratio of (L)GPL to non-GPL. It was 2-1. I thought it would be more like a 50/50. Thanks for providing that breakout. Minor note: the Zope/CMF entry is listed as GPL/commercial. It is actually an Apache-style license (the ZPL). Again, thanks for email the list and for the work on the report. --Paul On Jan 24, 2006, at 2:22 AM, Seth Gottlieb wrote: > I just published a whitepaper that talks about selecting an open > source CMS and summarizes 15 open source CMS projects. My blog > has a summary and a link that will not ask you to register. > > http://contenthere.blogspot.com/2006/01/content-management-problems- > and-open.html > > Feedback is welcome. > > --Seth > > -- > Seth Gottlieb > Optaros, Inc. > 60 Canal Street > Boston, MA 02114 > e: [email protected] > v: 617.227.1855 ext. 107 > f: 617.227.1755 > m: 617.852.2956 b: http://contenthere.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oscom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general >