Many of the arguments presented here in favour of Drupal also apply to any of a number of popular free systems, and most of the arguments against FatWire apply to any proprietary system. In this case the systems were evaluated for their suitability for use by a Medical Academic Library, but any situation where management of a great deal of information via the Web is required might be considered broadly comparable. The staff at Weill Cornell Medical Library found that:
Drupal is and will be cheaper
Drupal is robust, extensible, and enterprise ready
Other departments in their college are already using Drupal, as are other colleges and libraries, and many are dropping equivalent proprietary systems
Drupal supports "perpetual beta" (continuous improvement of a site)
Drupal has a much more active support and development community, and "a culture of sharing solutions"
Drupal has been paired with other technology in proven ways
Drupal has a gentle learning curve (compared to other development environments)
