by Nik Kalyani
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:17:56 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Guy Kawasaki has a good interview with Mickos here. My favorite:
Question: Have you had any kind of concerns that MySQL will be run like a "big company"?
Answer: I had those concerns even when we were a small startup!
Complacency and arrogance can creep in without your noticing in any
sort of organisation. To avoid it, we have taken some specific steps.
We have released our software under the GPL thus exposing ourselves to
the risk of forking. This keeps us running fast. We have also chosen to
serve the fastest paced and fastest growing business in the world such
as YouTube, Flickr, Zillow, and Nokia.
This also forces us to run fast. And we have a company culture of
no-nonsense and of following The No Asshole Rule by Bob Sutton--pardon
my French, but the book by that name is so good. For these reasons,
there is no time for complacency. These aspects apply to Sun as well.
And if for whatever unlikely reason we would ever encounter some big
company behavior within Sun, we will do our utmost to help change it.
by Nik Kalyani
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:50:37 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
InfoWorld's recent comparison of Open Source web CMS systems gave DotNetNuke high marks with a "Very Good" rating. DotNetNuke was the only ASP.NET-based contender in the field of five. We are working hard on many exciting new enhancements and it won't be long before we will bridge the gap from "Very Good" to "Excellent." You can see the report on which this comparison table is based:
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DotNetNuke |
Alfresco
Community Edition |
Drupal |
Plone |
Joomla |
| Version |
4.4.5 |
2.1 |
5.2 |
3.0 |
1.0.13 |
| Publisher |
DotNetNuke Corporation |
Alfresco Software |
Drupal |
Plone Foundation |
Open Source Matters |
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Very Good |
Excellent |
Very Good |
Very Good |
Very Good |
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| Ease-of-use
(25%) |
9 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
| Features
(25%) |
8 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Security
(15%) |
8 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
| Scalability
(15%) |
9 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
| Management
(10%) |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
| Value
(10%) |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| Score |
8.4 |
9.2 |
8.3 |
8.6 |
8.4 |
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| Cost |
FREE |
FREE |
FREE |
FREE |
FREE |
| License |
BSD-style license |
GPL 2 with FLOSS exception |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
| Platforms |
ASP.NET, Windows Server, SQL Server 2005 |
Windows and Linux |
Apache or IIS Web servers; Unix, Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows or
Mac OS X; PHP; PHP-supported database server (MySQL or PostgresSQL) |
Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, Solaris and SuSE |
Apache, PHP, MySQL |
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dotnetnuke.com |
alfresco.com |
drupal.org |
plone.org |
joomla.org |
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| Bottom
Line |
Written in VB.Net, DotNetNuke is an extensible content management
system suitable for intranets, extranets, and public Web sites. The core
distribution includes three dozen CMS modules, including a skin system (based
on simple templates) that separates design from content, personalization, and
search; other modules range from e-commerce systems and photo galleries to
blogs, forums, and wikis. Commercial publishers offer other components. |
This very inclusive offering, developed using Java, sits on top
of a JSR-170 content repository. Out of the box Alfresco provides a Web
portal framework; CIFS (file share) interface that works on Windows and Linux
clients; and a Web-content management system –- plus document, imagine, and
records management. Further, Alfresco scales well with options for deploying
content to multiple servers. |
Written in PHP, Drupal's Web application framework anchors a
content management system that includes modules for e-commerce and workflow.
Drupal, unlike other systems, also has a taxonomy system to classify content
– but this does take extra work to configure (as does setup). Themes are
created with the standard PHPTemplate engine. A blogging system makes this
system good for building online communities. |
The Plone CMS, which is built on top of the Zope application
server, performs well for intranets – as well as a document management server
and team collaboration tool. The system is easy to use and also notable for
its multi-lingual capabilities. Additionally, Plone powers a number of
high-traffic Internet sites, though this configuration should included
additional components, such as Squid caching. |
Joomla, written with PHP and back-ended by a MySQL database, is
appropriate for external Web sites and intranets. The system's caching
provides good performance on higher-volume sites while various extensions
cover essential CMS functions; these plug-ins include news, blogs, polls,
search, and internationalization. To further expand functionality, such as
site backup, both free and commercial components are readily available.
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by Nik Kalyani
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:48:54 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
A recent head-to-head comparison of Open Source CMS products credited DotNetNuke with "high
usability, a large number of stock modules, and a penchant for
commerce." The article compares DotNetNuke and other offerings such as
Alfresco, Drupal, Joomla and Plone:
The review identified authentication, workflow and versioning as
shortcomings. Of these authentication has already been addressed in 4.6
and the remaining features are in the pipeline.
We also have some exciting things in store for DotNetNuke 5.0 which will make DotNetNuke even stronger (OpenForce '07 attendees will get a first-look).
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