Hey guys,
My name's Chris and I'm a PHP Dev based in Dunedin currently spending all my time building a start-up web app type business. I'm coding in SilverStripe (well, sapphire to be more precise) and I must say, Sapphire is a GREAT framework, however I don't think enough devs know this. I feel like, though it has got you to where you are now, marketing SS as a CMS is selling short the power and dev-friendlyness of Sapphire. I know, who am I, some upstart with big ideas blah blah blah...but I guess I just wanted to find out what the status of Sapphire is? I've done quite a bit of work in Code Igniter (but seriously, php4, nah....) and I think their model is one that should be looked at for SS/Sapphire. Even though Sapphire is a FAR better framework than CI, I feel that the support for sapphire in particular is lacking because it is still under the banner of the CMS thus most devs won't take it seriously. Sure, obviously I do but what I'm getting to is: Have you guys ever thought of going the CI/ExpressionEngine route of separating the framework from the CMS in order to gain a bigger Dev community for the framework?
I may be crazy, but my main interest is making SS/Sapphire better, promise!
Chris