On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Jason Clinton wrote:

> Okay... so it's another cause... but I'm all about causes. :)
> 
> A group lead by Samantha Adams in Kansas City is attemping to establish 
> an Indy Media KC web site (think Slashdot for Kansas City issues and 
> news). I've seen their planning document (which I can mail to anyone 
> that wants a copy) and they are already aware that they need to use 
> Linux and Apache as their host system.
> 
> These people aren't very technically savy and so far they think they 
> would like to implement this CMS (content management system) here 
> <http://www.dadaimc.org>. I would like to recomend Slashcode 
> <http://slashcode.com/>. Does anyone else have any free software 
> recommendations for a CMS (like maybe postnuke?)

I'd recommend against Slash.  We're using it at work.  Take the phrase
"messy hack" and bump it up several orders of magnitude.  Keep in mind
that Slashdot has - and needs - several full-time staff members to keep
Slash propped up.