[TYPO3-dev] not amused...

[Christopher Torgalson]

On 3-Sep-09, at 5:44 AM, Ries van Twisk wrote:

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> On Sep 3, 2009, at 3:50 AM, Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
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>> Hi!
>>
>> Ries van Twisk wrote:
>>> It's bad comparison.... Magento  does something else then TYPO3  
>>> does.
>>> You really need to compare CMS systems to see trends. Also google
>>> trends
>>> is mis-information if you are not very carefull how you compare...
>>
>> I did not compare CMS, I compared products. But if you wish CMS
>> comparison, here it is:
>> http://www.google.com/trends?q=typo3%2Cjoomla%2Cdrupal%2Cwordpress
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> There markets are different,
> if you want to compare CMS systems compare enterprise systems not
> joomla vs TYPO3 or
> drupal vs TYPO3. and again, google trends is NOT a good comparison
> tool!!!!


Sorry Ries, Google trends may or may not be a good tool for  
comparison, but you're wrong here. Drupal 5 and (especially) Drupal 6-- 
I know nothing about Joomla--are being used for a LOT of work that  
TYPO3 could be used for. There are plenty of large, sophisticated and  
complex sites that have been built on-time and on-budget using Drupal  
for satisfied clients. This is the only sensible basis for comparison,  
and on this basis, Drupal and TYPO3 are very comparable (though each  
has its own strengths and weaknesses to be sure).

This "enterprise system" language gets bandied around quite a bit on  
the TYPO3 lists, but it's not very meaningful--as far as I can tell,  
it's usually a way of claiming TYPO3's superiority to other products  
without having to provide details. There is no shortage of  
'enterprise' usage of Drupal, and simply asserting that TYPO3 is  
incomparable to product A or product B does nothing for TYPO3. If you  
want to say TYPO3 is better than some other product (and I agree that  
it very often is), say HOW...

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Christopher Torgalson
http://www.typo3apprentice.com/