As Sean says, "how Zope stacks up" really depends on what you want to do, and what environment you've already got. When you compare it to the likes of BEA and WebSphere, though, it's important to remember that Zope isn't just free (in both senses); it's backed by Zope Corporation. The same $12,000 that would buy you a box of software from IBM or BEA, and nothing else, will get you $12,000 worth of training, support, and customization from us (or one of the fine Zope solution providers in the community, some of which are listed at http://www.zope.org/Resources/ZSP). Cheers, Evan @ 4-am & Zope From: <sean.upton@uniontrib.com>
What kind of business is your company in? Perhaps you could describe the problem domain you wish to tackle? For certain problem domains, certain tools may or may not be more or less appropriate. Zope is a very good general purpose toolkit, but I can think of quite a few applications where it would be leaps and bounds better than other choices. I guess the answer really depends on what you want to do.
-----Original Message----- From: Robb Allen [mailto:myself@robballen.com] Honestly, how does Zope compare to some of the big names such as BEA and WebSphere? My company is looking at spending a lot of money in the Application Server realm, and I wondered how Zope stacks up against them. We're two shakes of a pen away from purchasing something, and I'd like to at least come back with an open-source solution just so that we can compare something.