[Imc-alternatives] okay, what do we have to do to get this to happen?

[Jay]

Dave,

At 10/11/2008, you wrote:
>On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 21:45 -0400, Jay wrote:
> > Dave, when you said you could get something basic up in a day, was
> > that just irrational exuberance (hee hee!) or do you think you may be
> > able to throw something together?  (I know you work more in Plone but
> > my personal sense is that Drupal has less of a learning curve and
> > would be better for our currnet purposes.)
> >
> > Jay
>
>Really it doesn't matter, as I always say, best tool for the people
>doing the job they have before them. whatever opensource tool that may
>be.

Great.

>Saying that, if we are just looking at content and starting on that,
>then looking at functionality, there's no reason the data couldn't be
>pulled into any system. It's pretty basic python to write a script to
>import a csv or XML into Plone objects .. or to export as well ... I
>presume most cms have similar systems or ability to script and
>export/import

So, what I'm hearing is that we'll be able to start collecting 
content on this site and then when/if we change to a different code 
we should be able to just draw on the same data without having to 
start from scratch.  That sounds perfect.


>I'm sure actual content will give me the itch to get the Plone site up,
>using dimo's indycore I presume, will give me yet another excuse to have
>to get into his code. time time time as always is the enemy :(

Yes!
Jay


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