In this special episode we talk strategically and ethically about the CMS solutions we offer our clients. We shortly have a big decision to make as we discuss the pros and cons of our long term in-house CMS (SproutCMS) versus the many good 3rd party and open source systems available, including Wordpress, Craft CMS, Expression Engine, Concrete 5 and Silver Stripe.

Topics include

• Why are we having this discussion?
• Why did we build our own CMS in the first place?
• Is our position defendable in this day and age?
• Do we throw out a very mature and trusted code base and just turn to a mature open source or licensed product?
• Do we fork a new version and make it open source given how much work is in the code base?

Note that this is in no way a review of these 3rd party CMS offerings, rather it is a discussion of how they might fit within Karmabunny's client offerings in comparison with our existing in-house CMS.Articles referenced in this podcast:Why Use a Custom Content Management System (CMS)Never Fall for a Custom CMS. Ever. Content Management Systems referenced in this podcast:Wordpresshttp://www.concrete5.org/Expression EngineCraft CMSSilver Stripe