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Open Source is about collaboration and modular enhancement of the core product. Do CMS end users debug and improve existing modules or do they write their own modules? This survey is being conducted to determine how much code Drupal implementers actually write. The advent of modules such as CCK, Views, Organic Groups, Workflow, Ubercart, E-Commerce, Panels and Actions along with a dozen or so other modules has a empowered web developers with the ability to create sites writing little or no custom code. Is this true? If you are Drupal user please take the survey at http://www.mahalasoft.co.za

There are several good comparative reviews of Joomla and Drupal available on the internet. However, many of these reviews are out of date. None of the reviews I’ve seen rely on the opinions of broad selection of experienced professionals. Usually the reviews are the personal reflections of one well informed individual. Still, a lot can be gained by gathering the opinions of a large group of professionals, and seeing what patterns emerge.

The CMS Report link is: http://cmsreport.com/content/joomla-vs-drupal-opinion-survey

Hey all! We're conducting a 13-question survey to better understand what users of Drupal find lacking in several areas, including themes, e-commerce, and support. The responses will be used for data in a series of free reports for the community, and also to help us create products/services that better serve your needs. Personal/contact information is optional. We'll also be sharing the (anonymized) results so they can benefit everyone. Thanks!

Take the survey

Hey all! We're conducting a 13-question survey to better understand what users of Drupal find lacking in several areas, including themes, e-commerce, and support. The responses will be used for data in a series of free reports for the community, and also to help us create products/services that better serve your needs. Personal/contact information is optional. We'll also be sharing the (anonymized) results so they can benefit everyone. Thanks!

Take the survey

Related to Kierans post on the Open Source CMS survey, I just encountered a blog entry being hyped on Twitter about the 25 Enterprise Social Media Platforms/Companies To Be Aware Of.

In my comments, I said I was struck by the absence of the leading open source content management systems--WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal--which have become social media platforms in their own right.

I don't know how much credence or play this analysis piece will get, but thought it should be on our radar screen.

A discussion worth checking out is this one on a CMS brand survey which amazon posted to the Drupal Group Marketing of Drupal. It references the following survey:
http://www.waterandstone.com/downloads/2008OpenSourceCMSMarketSurvey.pdf

I'm no marketing expert, but it seemed to me that while awards and other trends show Drupal surpassing most, Joomla were kicking our butts when it came to marketing and PR. However Amazon had a pretty good answer to that, though I think there is still much for Drupal to do on the marketing end, and this survey could be some help.

Overall it still looks healthy for Drupal, with Wordpress dominating, Joomla second, and Drupal third and everyone else a looong way off. It's interesting to note that technical proficiency is quite out of tune with marketing, with Drupal (possibly) under-performing, but doing vastly better than, for example, Plone, which has a lot of positives, but is lagging badly in this survey.

Grant

I originally posted this discussion to the Portland OR DUG and was then asked to repost it here.

Recently NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) put out their 2008 CMS Satisfaction Survey. You can find the full text and numbers for this survey on their web page, though it will cost you $50 if you are not a member. They are a valuable nonprofit themselves, so supporting them seems to be a good thing, and this report would go a long way to helping many of you convince your clients to use Drupal, more than you could achieve in $50 of billable time in many cases, so it would be $50 well spent.

In any event I thought I'd at least share the basics of that report, on how Drupal ranked in customer satisfaction and related areas. Remember though that this is not representative of all your clients, but is nonprofit focussed, which is a group probably more likely to use free tools before most others, so it is unlikely that the world at large matches these numbers, fascinating as they are.

Recently NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) put out their 2008 CMS Satisfaction Survey. You can find the full text and numbers for this survey on their web page, though it will cost you $50 if you are not a member. They are a valuable nonprofit themselves, so supporting them seems to be a good thing, and this report would go a long way to helping many of you convince your clients to use Drupal, more than you could achieve in $50 of billable time in many cases, so it would be $50 well spent.

In any event I thought I'd at least share the basics of that report with the group, on how Drupal ranked in customer satisfaction and related areas. Remember though that this is not representative of all your clients, but is nonprofit focussed, which is a group probably more likely to use free tools before most others, so it is unlikely that the world at large matches these numbers, fascinating as they are.

Hi everyone,

This is just a short prelaunch announcement for Drupal Themes. We have a annoucement list and short survey that you might be interested in. I"ll be sure to provide the survey results when Drupal Themes officially launches .

Thanks
Marcel

Web Content Management System Initiative
IBM Made the decision to go with Drupal, this is their report