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[Ryan Ozimek]

Hey Mitch,

In your email below, you posted the following:

> Right now Mambo is not really suited for blogging, but we are about to
> release a GPL blogging component that is really crazy. After that
> point, then there is really very little that Mambo cannot do, and do
> well.

Where can one check out this component for blogging?  Sounds like
something the community is really going to enjoy!

Best,
Ryan Ozimek
cozimek at picnet.net

> Committing a heinous crime and cross-posting to the NYPHP Mambo list.
>
> *gasp!*
>
> On 7/2/05, Francisco Reyes <lists at natserv.com> wrote:
>>
>> * Non MySQL support.
>> Based on what I see on the forums and an email I sent asking it seems
>> Mambo will support other databases in the not too distant future.
>>
>> Do you have any guestimates when this may be?
>
> The upcoming 4.5.3 release utilizes ADOdb for database abstraction,
> and we support any database that ADOdb supports. We've made a lot of
> changes and fixes along the way, hoping to make ADOdb better as well.
>
> You can check it out of cvs from the mambo project site at MamboForge,
> the module is 4.5.x. Right now it runs on whatever database you want,
> I am finishing up the installer to work the same way.
>
>> * How big a learning curve do you see learning Mambo? We talking days or
>> weeks.. for an experience PHP developer.
>
> Last week a fellow walked up to me at TGIFridays and asked a couple
> questions. Come to find out he doesn't program at all, he basically
> takes mambo and installs a bunch of goodies and he is done. So if a
> non-programmer can use Mambo, a geek should be able to get productive
> too ;-)
>
> http://help.mamboserver.com/ has a couple component and module
> tutorials as well as the API. That in itself should get you going, but
> I am a learner by doing and suggest you jump in and start breaking
> things to learn the fastest.
>
>> * For what type of applications do you think it's best suited and least
>> suited?
>
> Great for corporate sites, business sites, commerce sites, and online
> publications. It is not especially suited for community sites at the
> moment, but that weakness is being taken care of rapidly.
>
> Right now Mambo is not really suited for blogging, but we are about to
> release a GPL blogging component that is really crazy. After that
> point, then there is really very little that Mambo cannot do, and do
> well.
>
>> I have seem some of the mambo sites users have done and it seemed a
>> pretty
>> wide spectrum.
>
>>From Mitsubishi to Michael Jackson, Mambo is in use everywhere. I've
> seen sites with the stock template barely modified, and others (like
> Porsche) where the whole HTML front end has been ripped out and
> replaced with flash.
>
> Like my story above, if someone pays you $x to deliver a site, you can
> start at 0% done, or 80-90% done. Choose wisely! ;-)
>
> --
> Mitch Pirtle
> Mambo Core Developer
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