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Wandering the CMS jungle

Authored by: Anonymous (Anonymous User) on Monday, May 12 2003 @ 03:36 pm EDT

Although constructive criticism is welcome, you need to remember the Open Source community is run mainly by volunteers who aren't compensated for the time and energy spent. Most people contributing to these projects do it as a hobby or to learn some programming not as a paid job. They usually gain nothing other than experience and perhaps some self-satisfaction if others use their software. They lose nothing if other people don't use it unless they are charging money.

You are evaluating these OS CMS projects in the same light as one would do to a commercial product developed and maintained by full-time paid employees and that is a very big mistake on your part. Recommending things like a test-drive site with all the plugins and blocks is a nice idea, but it's unreasonable to wish or expect someone else to absorb all the expense and time needed to build and maintain this. If you plan to continue suggesting things which require a lot of effort or expense, at least put up your own hand and volunteer to help or pull out your wallet and be willing to pay someone else. The OS community is filled with many people who have all sorts of great ideas and recommendations but they quickly disappear when someone turns to them and says: "Yeah, that's a great idea. How about if you help out?"

Some of your recommendations for improving Geeklog's image are valid and good and I agree with them. Call it selfish, but I would rather see the developers spend their time working on new features and bug fixes. Things like a name and slogan are important in the commercial world not in the OS world where people's motives are quite different. It doesn't matter if 1,000 or 100,000 use your software unless you are making money off of them. If the developers want to attract more businesses in the hope of getting contracts, by all means spend the time. If not, IMO a complete image makeover like you want them to do is a waste.

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