Why I choose Drupal and not joomla / mambo
I figured that for 16bytes.com I would do a new research on open source CMS. I used Drupal for my last site but was determined to keep an open mind.
After a quick search in Google I decided to install mambo / joomla. My first reaction was “WOW, these guys know how to do CMS”. The GUI was great and it looked like a feature-full CMS.
Well, I came to my senses after two days of tedious configuration, rigid and complex management and a few explorer crashes. Reading a few blogs made it all clear, Mambo / joomla have great marketing people but they are still wanting in many CMS aspects. And while Drupal has something to learn about marketing and professional UI (the default user-interface of Drupal should be as good as mambo / joomla and currently it is not), they certainly hit the spot when it comes to CMS.
There are some things that are still missing from Drupal but I can certainly say – Drupal rocks!