I am not sure if it is the community stalling so much as hitting the peaks and valleys of the development cycle. Besides, the Zope Corp people I am sure that most of us have full time (or at least part time) jobs that are non Zope. I have had mostly-full time Zope jobs and when I was doing that I was more involved in writing tips, how-tos, products, etc. I think Zope documentation (not the Zope product) suffers from the critical mass. There has to be enough people in the pot to be able to both develop and document. Right now, most of us are focusing on developing products, applications, websites and not on documentation. It is also clear that documentation itself does not provide income. If I build out another website in Zope, I can build a community and another revenue source. If I write a how-to, well, I get a gold star in the community (maybe) and it that good open source "warm feeling." So, it comes down to economics. That being said, there are now 3 (maybe 4) books out there on Zope and I can easily remember the day when there was a total of 0. There are more and more products being developed and not just stupid discussion boards :) but real, meaty products that people can make money with. That trend is a good trend. As the economy picks back up, there will be more work for consultants, more consulting and more demand and production of documentation. Do we need more books, websites, help areas, FAQ's, etc? Yes. Will they come? Yes. I have at least two of those in (not telling which ones) in the works. But time is money and money is the key. BZ