-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Mario Valente
Just a quick heads up so that you all are aware of a possible Zope competitor or, if you take a opposing view, to be aware of someone blatantly copying Zope ;-)
This appears to be not at all a Zope competitor. From the FAQ: "Is Sitespring a content management system? No. Sitespring is a Web site production management system... ...Sitespring does not manage deployment of files and content to live production Web servers..."
From the feature list, it looks more like a combination of MS Outlook/Exchange collaboration and CVS or other file versioning product rolled into a Web interface. That's clearly an oversimplification of what it is, but I think it's a fair big picture.
Emulation aside, it does raise some issues, namely on the workflow/communicate functionalities. How is Zope going to cope ? Do we have products available that bring Zope up to the same level ?
It would certainly be nice if Zope had more of these features, but Zope is so much more than just this. The starting price of $1999 for the server and 3 user licenses, plus $499 for additional user licenses is kind of scary too, but I suspect that the target companies for such a product can afford it. They also indicate that there will be versions for "other" platforms than Windows, but don't say which or when. _______________________ Ron Bickers Logic Etc, Inc.