articles in Drupal

We're creating a Drupal site, and I want to work with our developer to incorporate the content model fields. I'm still learning Drupal, but what they tell me is the definition of "article" in Drupal is not quite how the content model treats article. Here is how the article content type is defined in Drupal.org:

"The Article content type (formerly, "story") is enabled in Drupal in the default installation profile. Articles are generally used for information that is updated more frequently and often cross-referenced and categorized (such as news items or resources). By default, Articles are sorted with the most recent post at the top, but this can be customized with contributed modules like Views."

My developer is encouraging me to use the Drupal "article" content type for press releases and blog posts, but not for simple informational pages.

I'm wondering if there has been any discussion about this. Do any of the Content Model workgroup members use Drupal? Should we be using the Drupal content type differently, or simply add content model data fields to a wider variety of content types, not just the article content type?

thanks, Lois Nilsen, State of NC