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Newsrooms see the light of open source
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The python platform Django was basically developed to write a CMS for the online sites associated with the Lawrence Jornal-World newspaper.
Check out the 'Django's History' section here: http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01.html
Django is not an out of the box solution, but a framework for creating solutions. Not an easy problem to solve. Vendors must cut some pretty big corners to remain profitable selling proprietary solutions.
Check out the 'Django's History' section here: http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01.html
Django is not an out of the box solution, but a framework for creating solutions. Not an easy problem to solve. Vendors must cut some pretty big corners to remain profitable selling proprietary solutions.
I know that there are some content-management systems used by news organizations that were coded in-house using Django, but I don't know of anything that is available as free software.
"If I told you how terrible the proprietary CMS software in the news industry really is, you wouldn't believe it."
Yes, I would Steven. Remember, I once worked in the same newspaper chain for which you now work :-)
Yes, I would Steven. Remember, I once worked in the same newspaper chain for which you now work :-)
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And these things are hella expensive.
A free software offering has an excellent chance of succeeding: News organizations are so cheap, they will flock to this for the free-as-in-beer aspects alone.