oops, I sent this to the CMF list first by accident! :-) -----Original Message----- From: Jon Edwards [mailto:jon@pcgs.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 26 June 2001 23:48 To: Zope-Cmf Cc: tim@freepm.org Subject: Re: [Zope] A Tale from IBM land... I like this article by Tim Cook from FreePM about focusing on vertical market-sectors http://www.freepm.org/goingvertical.html How about setting up User Groups that are based around market-sectors, rather than the usual geographical focus? - Zope in Medicine/Healthcare - Zope in Universities/Education - Zope in ....... (your market-sector) If Zope can be shown to have a healthy market-share in different sectors, others might look at it and think "Hmmm, there must be something to it, if all those people are using it" HTH Cheers, Jon P.S. I hate to say this, but I think making things easier for Windows-users would help as well! Show them how to integrate with existing Windows-based technology (like the Access example quoted earlier), and help them to gently wean their organisation away from MS-dominance! :-)