Let's take some time to study Joomla! 1.6 Beta 1 using Andrew's document so that we might better appreciate the work accomplished and consider about how we might use it as developers and site builders. It allows developers to build inventory control systems, data reporting tools, application bridges, integrated eCommerce applications, reservation tools, communication systems and other applications very easily.

hmm... i like the last point: updating extensions.
is it like on the wordpress? we can automatically update the themes, plugin, even the wordpress itself.
go joomla, i will download it now,,,,

Front-end User Access (component) does a fantastic job of handling access levels so I'm not excited about that.

The idea of 1-click updates is long overdue and I think that' will be a huge improvement to every administrator.

I think it'll be at least 18 months though before 1.6 has enough compatible components and bug fixes before it's really beneficial though.

Yes, Joomla is out with version 1.7
And one can easily update both the core and plugins/extentions.
Now that's worth using Joomla for.

It allows developers to build inventory control systems, data reporting tools, applications, bridges, e-business application integration, booking tools, communications systems and other applications very easily.