----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Gregory" <matthew.gregory@skyleach.com> To: "Zope" <zope@zope.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 15:03 Subject: [Zope] WebDAV, Zope, M$ and implications...
I was just talking to a BEA representative who also happened to do some consulting at a company I used to work for.
This representative mentioned to me that my former employer (who is one of the biggest supporters of the Zope corporation due to a HUGE array of zope and ZEO servers, support contracts, consultants, etc...) just dropped Zope because of a management feud over WebDAV and M$Office support. I have not been able to confirm if this is true, but it sure had an impact on my current boss.
WebDAV and M$Office related problems have been discussed multiple times on the zope and zope-dev list (please check the archives). The point is: M$ violates the WebDAV standard in an arrogant way and Zope tries the best to provide workarounds. One should blame M$, not Zope.
I need to know all about Zope, WebDAV, Microsoft office WebDAV and if Zope and M$ work friendly over that protocol. How stable is the zope DAV support, etc... I'm not under fire yet but I fear that I may soon be.
The latest released versions for Zope 2.4.X and 2.5.X have a couple of fixes and workaround that makes working with M$ applications reasonable. - aj --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Andreas Jung Zope Corporation - - EMail: andreas@zope.com http://www.zope.com - - "Python Powered" http://www.python.org - - "Makers of Zope" http://www.zope.org - - "Life is too short to (re)write parsers" - ---------------------------------------------------------------------