Daisy in landslide Open Source CMS Report

Seth Gottlieb, head analyst of Content Here, a technology analyst firm with a sweet spot for everything CMS, has released his first Open Source CMS in Java Report last week, and Daisy is featuring prominently in this landslide document.

"Landslide? Isn't that a bit over the top?". Well, Seth's approach is quite unique amongst analysts, in the sense that Seth actually installs himself every product he's evaluating, and from my personal experience, takes his time to learn enough about it to ask really sensible questions. His 1 1/2 hour long phone interview, and the hefty follow-up email exchange we had showed the amount of effort he was putting in these reviews - I was impressed. Contrasting this with the fluffy stuff one finds elsewhere, his report was a totally refreshing take on what a good analyst report should consist of. Which is good enough as a stereotype change in order to use the 'landslide' metaphor. ;-)

Amongst many other Java-based Open Source CMSes, Daisy got a 20-page section in his review, and I must honestly confess that most of what Seth writes is genuinely clueful. For obvious reasons, I can't repeat Seth's conclusions here, unfortunately. And as usual, we felt that he really should have waited until the 2.2 release, where a number of his concerns would have been addressed, but -oh well- such is life.

Daisy got stuck in a category we're not necessarily happy with (I'm sure this is partly due to the limited number of categories being relevant when classifying 7 different CMSes), but the review itself is well done. And I just found out that Seth offers the possibility to buy selected portions of his review for a bargain price of 200US$. So if you want an independent view on what Daisy is capable of, head over to Seth's website and grab yourself a copy.