Hi Neil, This is the impetus being this proposal: http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/FinishedProductGuidelines Zope.org is currently undergoing a redesign, and we hope to be able to better feature Products that are "finished" when it's done. - C "Ellis, Neil (FNB)" wrote:
Hi Folks
I'm new to Zope so please excuse me if I get this wrong.
There seems to be an ever increasing variety of products for Zope. Looking at things from a commercial perspective it would be nice to be able to seperate the 'quality' ready-to-use products from those who are evolving or are half-complete.
I just wanted to suggest a simple system of certifying products as 'Customer Ready Products' ie those that are in such a state (ie containing good help system, examples etc) that they could be sold as of the shelf products. ** Just to clarify: I said 'in such a state', rather than suggesting tehy should be sold :-) **
I know that Open Source is seen often as the opposite of the commercial world but I think there is great value in taking the best of the commercial world and applying it to Open Source.
Such a simple certification could be carried out by either volunteers or DC. It could be charged for if neccesary. The benefits would be that a third party could claim to use 'Certified' products when building an application.
Anyway I'd like to here any thoughts on this as I, like many would like to see Zope gain more and more recognition as a serious solution for web development.
Many regards Neil Ellis
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