Comments on: Upgrading MySQL on MacOSX Server http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/06/22/upgrading-mysql-on-macosx-server/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jim Groom http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/06/22/upgrading-mysql-on-macosx-server/#comment-81996 Jim Groom Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1409305705#comment-81996 <p>Darcy,</p><p>I have to say that your habit of blogging through the technical elements of your work is extremely useful. Especially, since you are always tinkering and you have a knack for explaining the step-by-step quite clearly.</p><p> In fact, your play-by-play with Drupal has been wonderful in terms of getting a sense of what this CMS can do. I read in a previous blog post that you all had looked at a few CMSs and it came down to Joomla and Drupal --was Typo3 in the mix at all? And if so, why did you guys can it? </p> Darcy,

I have to say that your habit of blogging through the technical elements of your work is extremely useful. Especially, since you are always tinkering and you have a knack for explaining the step-by-step quite clearly.

In fact, your play-by-play with Drupal has been wonderful in terms of getting a sense of what this CMS can do. I read in a previous blog post that you all had looked at a few CMSs and it came down to Joomla and Drupal –was Typo3 in the mix at all? And if so, why did you guys can it?

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/06/22/upgrading-mysql-on-macosx-server/#comment-81997 dnorman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1409305705#comment-81997 Jim - glad my braindumps are helpful. Be sure to take them with a grain of salt though - I'm usually just stumbling around in the dark, and use these posts as a breadcrumb trail in case I need to find my way back out... I'm quite sure there are better/faster/cleaner solutions to just about everything I put together, but it works for me... I did look at Typo3, and it is pretty capable - likely as capable as Drupal or Joomla. For me, it came down to comfort. I'd been playing with Drupal for a while, and Joomla to some extent, and knew pretty confidently that those apps could be readily adapted for the wide variety of use cases on campus, and retain some pretty easy enterprise-scale management. Both Drupal and Joomla are already used on campus by some departments and faculties, so there's a comfort level there. Typo3 is used in only 1 place on campus (that I am aware of), so would have taken more effort to bring people up to speed on it. I wound up picking Drupal for our own department projects because of the flexibility, clean code, awesome development community, and maturity of the whole Drupal ecosystem. As well, the momentum and direction of the Drupal app and frameworks aligns pretty nicely with what I've been thinking about for the past couple of years. If I were to evaluate Drupal 4.6 against Joomla and Typo3, it would have lost. But 4.7 has been revamped pretty comprehensively, and the stuff planned for 4.8+ is pretty awesome. Jim – glad my braindumps are helpful. Be sure to take them with a grain of salt though – I’m usually just stumbling around in the dark, and use these posts as a breadcrumb trail in case I need to find my way back out… I’m quite sure there are better/faster/cleaner solutions to just about everything I put together, but it works for me…

I did look at Typo3, and it is pretty capable – likely as capable as Drupal or Joomla. For me, it came down to comfort. I’d been playing with Drupal for a while, and Joomla to some extent, and knew pretty confidently that those apps could be readily adapted for the wide variety of use cases on campus, and retain some pretty easy enterprise-scale management. Both Drupal and Joomla are already used on campus by some departments and faculties, so there’s a comfort level there. Typo3 is used in only 1 place on campus (that I am aware of), so would have taken more effort to bring people up to speed on it.

I wound up picking Drupal for our own department projects because of the flexibility, clean code, awesome development community, and maturity of the whole Drupal ecosystem. As well, the momentum and direction of the Drupal app and frameworks aligns pretty nicely with what I’ve been thinking about for the past couple of years.

If I were to evaluate Drupal 4.6 against Joomla and Typo3, it would have lost. But 4.7 has been revamped pretty comprehensively, and the stuff planned for 4.8+ is pretty awesome.

]]> By: Jim Groom http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/06/22/upgrading-mysql-on-macosx-server/#comment-82003 Jim Groom Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1409305705#comment-82003 <p>Darcy,</p><p>Nice to know the future of Drupal looks bright. in fact, here at UMW we are experimenting with all three. <a href="http://andheblogs.andyrush.net" >Andy Rush</a> with Joomla, <a href="http://patrickgmj.net/blog" >Patrick Gosetti Murray-John</a> with Drupal and I am taking on Typo3. So, we can learn a ton from your selection process at Calgary. I'll have to see how Typo3 4.0 stacks up against the upcoming Drupal version, but I have heard that the online Drupal community is second to none, which ultimately could make all the difference.</p><p>Thanks for making Calgary's processes accessible for all of us to learn from ...</p> Darcy,

Nice to know the future of Drupal looks bright. in fact, here at UMW we are experimenting with all three. Andy Rush with Joomla, Patrick Gosetti Murray-John with Drupal and I am taking on Typo3. So, we can learn a ton from your selection process at Calgary. I'll have to see how Typo3 4.0 stacks up against the upcoming Drupal version, but I have heard that the online Drupal community is second to none, which ultimately could make all the difference.

Thanks for making Calgary's processes accessible for all of us to learn from …

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