James Oppenheim’s blog

What does a website say about a political party, who knows? With the Victorian state election coming up in a couple of days I decided to check out what each party use for their CMS. Really interesting results that I think sum up each of the political parties social bents quite nicely:

• Greens (http://vic.greens.org.au) use Drupal
  Suggesting openness, freedom of expression, passionate sometimes to the point of ridiculous while being just a bit nerdy
• Liberals (http://www.liberalvictoria.org.au) use the .NET framework
  Suggesting proprietary and very trusting of large organisations, too expensive and somewhat over complicating simple needs (framework for CMS?). They don’t even cater for the old battlers:
  “We see you’re still using IE6. For better experience with our site, we suggest you to upgrade your browser to IE8”
• Labor (http://www.alpvictoria.com.au) use Community Engine
  Suggesting specialised fluff with no real substance. Most likely too expensive, but can’t disclose budgets

What do you think?

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