The other interesting bit in the Mac Mini announcements is this: you can configure a 1.4ghz PowerPC server (that runs Debian just fine, thank you) with 1 Gig of RAM for about US$740.00
And you can fit at least three in a 1U rack space, WITH power supplies.
Previously, Apple had premium'ed that 1 GIG of RAM by almost 100%, so you were looking at about $950 for that same box.
To echo some of the other comments made, Drupal is very much the "next generation" of CMS software systems. The main difference lies in the ability to do more sophisticated things like workflow. Mostly this is possible because of the sophisticated (and sometimes, complex) taxonomies that are possible, and the methods available of linking "nodes" in the overall structure of the site operating under Drupal to various actions that you want performed.
For instance, creating a typical site workflow like "upload article -- wait for editor to review -- review article and publish" are relatively easy to do with Drupal.
Like with any other tool, this sophistication comes at a price: it's harder to rollout a full-blown Drupal-based site than it is to do a PHPNuke or PostNuke site. But you can sure do a lot more with them.
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The other interesting bit in the Mac Mini announcements is this: you can configure a 1.4ghz PowerPC server (that runs Debian just fine, thank you) with 1 Gig of RAM for about US$740.00 And you can fit at least three in a 1U rack space, WITH power supplies. Previously, Apple had premium'ed that 1 GIG of RAM by almost 100%, so you were looking at about $950 for that same box.
To echo some of the other comments made, Drupal is very much the "next generation" of CMS software systems. The main difference lies in the ability to do more sophisticated things like workflow. Mostly this is possible because of the sophisticated (and sometimes, complex) taxonomies that are possible, and the methods available of linking "nodes" in the overall structure of the site operating under Drupal to various actions that you want performed. For instance, creating a typical site workflow like "upload article -- wait for editor to review -- review article and publish" are relatively easy to do with Drupal. Like with any other tool, this sophistication comes at a price: it's harder to rollout a full-blown Drupal-based site than it is to do a PHPNuke or PostNuke site. But you can sure do a lot more with them.