This has to have been the most insightful and measured discussion of the consequences of the current velocity of the Joomla project's policies.
I wish had it have been more public... Barrie North www.joomlashack.com www.simplweb.com/joomla www.compassdesigns.net ~Please note, unless we agree otherwise, the contents of this email are confidential~ On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Mitch Pirtle <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Joomla Training > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The flip side is that Drupal has no commercial market to speak of - all > the > > money is in custom work. > > That's the money-quote, as that is exactly where Joomla has been > headed dating back to the determination that extensions were > derivatives, and therefore subject to the GPL. That was a game-changer > for the community, for sure. > > Not a complaint - no need to rehash old arguments - but this is what > the landscape looks like when there are no products, only services. > > Each direction has their own benefits and disadvantages. I always > thought the commercial aspect produced good ol' fashioned competition > (and therefore choice for the consumer); however a lack of cooperation > makes it difficult for folks to find what they need, and distributes > resources doing duplicate effort for the most part. Drupal folks don't > have many competing efforts, so your path is relatively clear - and > all resources for a given topic are working cooperatively towards a > common goal. > > -- Mitch > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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