Comments on: EpiServer again http://battleangel.org/2005/01/06/episerver-again/ Tell us what you despise; by this are you truly known. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Björn Hallberg http://battleangel.org/2005/01/06/episerver-again/#comment-439 Björn Hallberg Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:27:09 +0000 #comment-439 No PHP sites? Isn't that the point. Obviously I would have chosen a PHP solution with a MySQL database. Both seem to do fine for some of the largest websites on the Internet so for this purpose they would both be more than sufficient.<br /><br />As for the specific CMS I would of course need to look at the requirements. Specifically multi-user support and how / if department staff and / or lecturers need personalized accounts to log in and have their own course content and / or personal sites within the CMS. Or if all of this is in fact handled by dedicated CMS editors, or if staff log in with a master account.<br /><br />Would I be able to come up with a better solution? Maybe not. Perhaps just an equally bad one. But one that would be open-source and that wouldn't be hanging on to Microsoft's skirt tails. This EpiServer just reeks of nepotism, nationalism and hysterical capitalism (as in anti-opensource sentiments) all fermenting incompetence and stifling true innovation. For me, this was a wakeup call that made me realize that Universities can no longer be trusted and have in fact been infiltrated, colonized if you will, by the economic hegemony. "Et in Arcadia ego" I guess. No PHP sites? Isn’t that the point. Obviously I would have chosen a PHP solution with a MySQL database. Both seem to do fine for some of the largest websites on the Internet so for this purpose they would both be more than sufficient.

As for the specific CMS I would of course need to look at the requirements. Specifically multi-user support and how / if department staff and / or lecturers need personalized accounts to log in and have their own course content and / or personal sites within the CMS. Or if all of this is in fact handled by dedicated CMS editors, or if staff log in with a master account.

Would I be able to come up with a better solution? Maybe not. Perhaps just an equally bad one. But one that would be open-source and that wouldn’t be hanging on to Microsoft’s skirt tails. This EpiServer just reeks of nepotism, nationalism and hysterical capitalism (as in anti-opensource sentiments) all fermenting incompetence and stifling true innovation. For me, this was a wakeup call that made me realize that Universities can no longer be trusted and have in fact been infiltrated, colonized if you will, by the economic hegemony. "Et in Arcadia ego" I guess.

]]> By: Weiron i Ottan http://battleangel.org/2005/01/06/episerver-again/#comment-438 Weiron i Ottan Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:03:43 +0000 #comment-438 So what open-source CMS would u have choosen instead? <br />(- No PHP sites thanks). So what open-source CMS would u have choosen instead?
(- No PHP sites thanks).

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