Typo3?
Tuesday 16 September 2008 ◷ 20:54
Typo3 is just like WordPress a popular PHP/MySQL rig. And there we have it again:
1: Copying file '/private/var/tmp/php3sbLRt' failed!: The destination path (/Users/roland/www/dummy-4.2.1/uploads/pics) may be write protected. Please make it write enabled!. (tt_content:NEW48cfde529d076:image)
While I admire the effort put in all the tedious functionality provided by Typo3 to look a lot like an enterprise level tool, there is too much focus on catering for the $1/month hosting users who hardly have SSH access, run everything as the same/only user who has write access to everything and don't have a choice concerning what database to use. And sadly, the crowd that has a $1/month hosting mentality defines what is popular and considered a good choice for the rest.
MySQL's pay-off is: The world's most popular open source database
PostgreSQL's pay-off is: The world's most advanced open source database
So if an application doesn't aspire to offer the option to use the most advanced option, why should it aspire to be the most advanced option itself?