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nvictor
> I was deluged over the past 10 days with reader e-mails saying that The Post’s redesigned Web site, which debuted on March 13, "stinks." Some used less polite language. The mail ran about 8 to 1 negative.

What an eloquent of putting it! I might steal it some day.

Luyt
No one ever got fired for buying Méthode.

http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...

sachinag
Yeah, I wonder why Ellington didn't get more traction.
mixmax
I just read the page you linked to, and can't help to wonder how the post can shell out upwards of $7 million for that. I'm sure the number includes training, integration etc. but it seems to med that a drupal system with some caching, and a few hackers to create newsroom specific modules would be able to do much the same for a fraction of the cost.

Am I missing something obvious?

OstiaAntica
To be fair I imagine there's a pretty complex asset management layer, a ton of legacy code and content migration, and also it sounds like there's a paywall scheme for some content.
brutimus
You're missing the fact that online publishing is only a small part of what the system has to handle. It has to integrate with the print design tools and publishing systems.
Luyt
It's probably a ginourmous enterprisey system with undoubtely many Oracle databases.
OstiaAntica
They charge extra for the horrendous urls.
mkr-hn
It doesn't help that the redesign looks like a free WordPress theme.
omnivore
CMS is now a "geek" acronym. Right.
steverenz
I was expecting him to say "bleep bloop" at some point. Might have been better to have the CTO respond instead.
ericmsimons
Is it just me or does that top bar look EXACTLY like Apple.com's top bar??