What CMS should I use?

Happy New Year 2010!!
Much has happened since Pat and I started this blog. But our book is still relevant for all business owners who are not so web savvy. There is a lot to choose out there so we will kick start this blog again to provide our input to help small businesses and non-profits make sense of it all.

In doing research, I came across an interesting article that does a great job comparing Wordpress vs. Drupal vs. Joomla. In short, all of these tools can be used to create a web site. But they also can be used to maintain the site, keeping the content fresh and relevant, which really is the most important part. These tools allow users, in varying degrees, to update the site themselves, without the help of a web designer or developer. The article summarizes it well, but in case you don't have time to check it out yourself, here's my summary:

• Wordpress is a great tool that is super simple to use. There are some wonderful templates out there. Due to demand, Wordpress is expanding its capabilities, but is not a full CMS (content management system) in that it is limited in some sophisticated features, and also limited support for custom web design.
  
• Drupal is one of the most advanced CMS tools out there. There's almost nothing that you can't do with Drupal. However we have found that clients and their staff who don't program, and have no interest in programming, have a lot of trouble with it. We also have found Drupal has challenges with certain custom web design. It can be done, but may take more time and consequently more money.
• Joomla combines the best of both worlds. While not as advanced as Drupal, it is very user-friendly and provides more features and capabilities than Wordpress. I have to say that I started out as a Drupal disciple. But, when I saw how quickly clients picked up Joomla, I began to think differently. We have found clients to be very happy with Joomla projects. Their staff are able to update the site successfully without having to know very much about programming at all. And they also find the administrative interface to be understandable.

But this is just our experience. What's yours? Please share so all in our community can learn.