Thanks for all the comments so far. I seem to have started a debate,
and that was exactly the purpose!

First, let me try to clarify something: I would never try to sell
Django as a CMS because it obviously isn't a CMS. But that doesn't
mean that comparisons with CMS's does not serve a purpose. They do.
This excellent blog post is a good example:
http://birdhouse.org/blog/2009/11/11/drupal-or-django/.

”Selling” is very much about meeting potential customers where they
are. I think that at least some potential customers for potentially
successful Django projects start their search for a foundation to
build on at the CMS marketplace (relevant to their project or not). We
should have a way to say to these people: ”although Django is not a
CMS, it might in fact be exactly what you're looking for”.

Russ: I would love to contribute to such a site with ideas about
structure and content. But I think  the site should have a very nice
and appealing layout, and I am not a very good designer, so somebody
else would be needed for that part. Another thing: we should probably
start with considering one of the Django ready-made CMS'es for the
site. But of course, it should be very clear that the site should not
promote that CMS in particular.

Richard Shevora mentioned that Django should have a ”pet project”. The
term might be inspired by Suns (now ORACLEs) well-known ”Java Pet
Store”: https://blueprints.dev.java.net/petstore/. I think having a
kind of a reference application like this could be a really great way
to show both technical and non-technical people what Django can do!
But I think it should be an application that was designed specifically
for a demo-purpose. Maybe a ”Django pet store” where you can buy
parrots and pythons? :-)

Finn Gruwier Larsen

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