Re: [Zope] Possible new user questions

I would expect Zope to compare favorably with other dynamic content solutions. ZServer although written in python is quite fast. Medusa (on which ZServer is based) should be at least as fast as apache in serving dynamic pages

Not even close. I can write an application in C, as an apache module, that can do 1000 transactions/second on a machine that zope does 150 on. However, the development cycle is SO much faster in zope that it is worth it. When was the last time you needed 1000 TPS, anyway. IIS/ASP is even faster (and even uglier to develop for, in my opinion). I do suspect that Zope is probably in the same ballpark as ColdFusion, which is closest in functionality. I have never benchmarked CF, though. --sam