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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
