I understand your pain with Joomla.. did you know it was originally php-nuke? then it was mambo... It's been around for a while and hundreds of people have messed with it... I downloaded the source today... 1,700 files... it's not worth it... neither is phpBB last time I checked ( version 2 ) unless your interested in the database structure which imo is really nice...
Do not start your own from scratch... your asking for trouble... but do find a leightweight cms which you can wrap your head around...
Wordpress only has 400 files and when I looked at the code a few months ago... it had some fairly nice techniques which I had never seen before...
If your an OOP fanatic... drupal might be a good choice... who knows really? I have never really used it...
My recommendation is wordpress for the sheer simplicity of it... however... I have never actually used it...
Stay away from egroupware at all costs....
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