as the author of Day’s answer I can assure you: we have had the same score ever since we published over post. I have absolutely no idea how you could claim we changed our score over time (have you mixed us up with another vendor?)

Michael

I agree with Lasse above that using only numbers for choosing/judging the CMSs is ridiculous, and as most Escenic customers spend several months choosing the best system for their requirements and strategy, this whole exercise should not be taken too seriously.

Vignette (who used Facebook for answering), has some good points in the introduction to their answers: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=62817941034

These are numbers (1-3 score per topic, 15 topics) the vendors _give themselves_. It has NOTHING to do with the real world.

So, these vendors find an ”acceptable” number, but in the top 40′ies.

For example. Day gave themselves 44 score first, then people started to blog about the realism. So they have gradually degraded themselves to their current score, where people seem to accept it.

Also, how will a sales guy in any way be able to evaluate your own software?

There are also a matter of system classes. Have you seen InfoPark? And CoreMedia? Not talking the quality of these systems, but they are entirely different types of software, so a point score is totally waste of time.

This is exactly what kills this business. Un-serious voting systems and feature comparisons.

I strongly suggest people to use serious companies such as Gartner Group, Butler, Forrester, CMSWatch or other independent CMS selection experts who also looks at your needs (one system might fit for some customers not for other).