Sometimes I get the feeling that using and developing a content management system is and can be very subjective, depending on the situation. I have found that dealing with the Marketing agencies that specialise in SEO and e-Marketing services in South Africa, was almost like trying to buy a meal at Spur without the onion rings, you can do it if you want to but it kinda is part of the meal. What I mean by that is that the majority of marketing companies in South Africa will try and push their development teams as part of their offering, which makes sense, but I know of at least one instance where a development company withheld source code, and then expected further development costs for any iteration to the website. To me thats kind of louzy, in fact its a downright rip off. Why would a development agency want to retain the source code of a paying client, the operative word being paying? I also find that some of these development companies tend to have a hashed-together content management system, a system consisting of regularly-used scripts, and a system that is sometimes not very flexible. Which brings me to the title of my post, is content management a subjective thing? Yes it is, because no two organizations have the same need, and I feel that most development companies try to offer you some flavour of content management, and although they profess to have your requirements close to the heart, they often persist with said content management system.