Concrete5 vs Drupal woa

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I was inquiring about a custom CMS project of mines and got a reply from a company (I want to keep this anonymous as I don't want to start any religious wars):

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Judging only by Google Page Rank, the home page for concrete5 is a 6, while drupal.org is a 9. This indicates a few things via implication to me: Drupal has a larger community and is a more well established, tested technology. Beyond this we have a significant amount of experience with Drupal, and we would be able to more easily and reliably deliver a more valuable application for less time and money.

Make sense?

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- Granted I do see some weaknesses here at concrete5, but my reply to him was:


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To me saying Drupal has a page rank of 9 is a little arrogant in some ways.

But let's not get into David vs Goliath battle. I believe David will win over Drupal as Firefox has been winning over IE.
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Tony replied on at Permalink Reply
Tony
yeah, that's a silly way to evaluate software for sure. with that same userbase mindset, mcdonalds is the world's best restaurant.
mose replied on at Permalink Reply
mose
And everyone should become Buddhist. :-)
dibbc replied on at Permalink Reply
dibbc
I normally evaluate software based on how cool the homepage looks. /sarcasm

To be honest, I used Drupal for a few years, but was ready for something different.

So I went to the CMS entry in Wikipedia, looked for CMS that had been around for a long time AND also had recently been updated.

That narrowed the list quite a bit, and I tried a few of those, and chose Concrete5.
mose replied on at Permalink Reply
mose
The comparison between Drupal and Concrete5 is merely smoke. I wouldn't make a big deal out of it. The real information is at the end of the message. They are familiar with Drupal but not familiar with Concrete5. As a result, they would be able to use their expertise and skills to develop a website more quickly with Drupal than they could with Concrete5 (or any other CMS). That makes sense and rings true.

You have to decide what is important to you. If you like the company and they will provide ongoing support for your project, then there is no reason not to go with Drupal. That's their expertise.

If the finished project will be handed off to you or to your client who may not be necessarily computer savvy, then Concrete5 might offer a better end-user experience. In that case, you would find a company whose expertise is Concrete5.

In conclusion, I can't fault them for saying that their skill and knowledge is with Drupal. Their comparison is cheesy, though. :-)