The last weeks I spend a lot of time using the open source CMS Drupal. Not the CMS itself, that's really great stuff, but the contributed modules make me a little itchy. The lack of professionalism bothers me. Maybe a tip for the developers of the core, go for quality not for quantity. Organize a quality team, let them check the modules before letting them lose into the big bad world.
Why publish something that isn't working right? "It's all right because it's free". No, it's not all right because it's free. OK, there is no software in the world that's bug free but at least you can do some decent testing in the first place.
Secondly, there barely is a minimal installation guide and almost never a decent manual or some "how-to"s, nothing of the kind. All they do is ask you politely that when you figured it all out by yourself to post your findings in one forum or another.
For solving problems, if your not a decent programmer, you mostly have to rely on one good soul or another who experienced the same problems and luckily found a work-around.
My advise is, if you have time but no money try open source, if you have money and no time to lose buy the commercial stuff. At least you have someone to blame.
Hey, I'm not telling all the open source is bat. I admire all the guys and girls hanging behind their computer all for the greater good of things.
Ciao bambini. Sleep tight.
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