Hi there, I've followed the SiteServer/ASP vs. Zope discussion, and I have a variant of it. It's pretty obvious that with SiteServer you're in Microsoft land. How about application servers that mainly implement their logic through servlets and java server pages (JSP)? I see these solutions as more open than Microsoft's. I'm not exactly looking at a pros and cons evaluation between Zope and other Java-centric application servers, but rather if it makes sense, and if so how, to make them work together. By the very nature that we're doing work with IBM, I'd like to know how (if any) tight an integration I could get between Zope and IBM WebSphere. Would it make sense to use them together? Could Zope be bytecompiled with JPython and run on a Java application server? Zope as it stands, independent, proud, is a tough sell to anyone that has standardized on other middle-ware. If it could run closely together with other middle-ware, it'll be much easier to sell. I was thinking an ideal solution would be to have the option of using Zope at the topmost layer to glue together dynamic webpages, supported by a more standard middle-ware (like Java-centric application servers) that would again provide access to other systems, like Lotus Notes, Net.Commerce, SAP, legacy systems, etc... Besides the "nonstandard middle-ware = tough sell" argument, it does make sense that more systems would provide interfaces into a more standardized middle-ware layer. Bye, -- Bjorn Stabell <bjorn@stabell.priv.no>