Drupal or Joomla?
aasarava: If you'd find it helpful to read up on what features Drupal offers, so you can compare with what you know about Joomla, I just wrote an article on this last night:
http://returncontrol.com/what-does-drupal-provide-out-of-the...In the article, I actually address the same point you make about Drupal being a "framework" (or "platform") rather than a CMS.  In summary, it's probably best to think of Drupal as a "Web construction kit" rather than a CMS because its modular architecture allows you to plug in all sorts of features that go well beyond typical content management.