We are wrapping up a trade study trying to make a platform decision for our web publishing environment. Zope is one of the top contenders (the other is very, very expensive) but I need to see some more examples of complex zope-hosted sites. I've visited those listed in the testimonials on zope.org but I need more. The written testimonials are outstanding but I've got to be able to show things to my management. Here is the carrot: our budget is not small. We can put a lot of resources into this and the Zope community should benefit as a whole. Submissions to the zope list or the email address below are greatly appreciated. Marquess markl@shore.net
On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 03:37:06PM -0400, Marquess E.. Lewis wrote:
[asks for more testimonials and amens] :-)
What would help in providing this would be some idea of what use you're planning to apply Zope (or something else) to... the "application server" market is awefully vague at this point in it's growth cycle. I realise you might not be able to divulge exact details, but any pointers to the general application would help focus the information to something that is actually relavent.
Here is the carrot: our budget is not small. We can put a lot of resources into this and the Zope community should benefit as a whole.
Gimme $20, I'll give you any testimonial you'd like :-) Seriously, though, more information is always helpful, within whatever restrictions you might have. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli ``Television is bubble-gum for | petrilli@amber.org the mind.''-Frank Lloyd Wright
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Marquess E.. Lewis wrote:
We are wrapping up a trade study trying to make a platform decision for our web publishing environment. Zope is one of the top contenders (the other is very, very expensive) but I need to see some more examples of complex zope-hosted sites. I've visited those listed in the testimonials on zope.org but I need more. The written testimonials are outstanding but I've got to be able to show things to my management.
Here is the carrot: our budget is not small. We can put a lot of resources into this and the Zope community should benefit as a whole.
Submissions to the zope list or the email address below are greatly appreciated.
Marquess markl@shore.net
Hi Marquess: I am the technology manager for a web site development firm. We've just finished developing our first Zope-powered site at http://www.bob-weber.com. This is not a fully Zope site, we are using Zope to drive the products listing pages and search engine (which will be available soon). We aren't using the full extent of the technology available in Zope, but for everyday database integration needs Zope is a dream. We are now looking to extend our usage of Zope--we have three fully Zope-developed sites on the way. For a long time now I have been looking for a one-true web application platform and once I started really getting into Zope I realized this was it. For one having the source code to the entire server is key for me. Many times if I write code that doesn't work for some reason I will check the source to find out what is going on, instead of just being stuck with a error screen. Beyond Zope proper, Python is very powerful and there is a lot of room to integrate the existing Python modules with Zope. A question for you, are there any particular features that Zope is missing that may make you pick this mysterious other application server? ------- Jordan B. Baker -- jbb@spyderlab.com weaving the web @ http://www.spyderlab.com
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