First of all... documentation was not on the poll... :) Ok. Now for the real question. What would I pay for a authoring tool? Well, assuming it had the following: - No OS Dependancy (runs on anything from Windows 95 -> OS X) - Small application size - A good set of features (Color coding) As an individual I would pay up to $75. BZ On Mon, 21 May 2001 07:22:33 -0400, Paul Everitt <paul@digicool.com> wrote :

Howdy folks. AndyM is running a poll over at ZopeZen:

http://www.zopezen.org/ (Look at the bottom of the left margin)

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Before reading the rest of this message, please vote. I don't want to bias your response. And don't peek at the results before you vote!

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OK, on to the discussion. Are those numbers *really* accurate? I gotta admit, though I've had a soft spot in my heart for the Zope Studio thing, I'm stunned that it would be in front. Much less so *far* in front. Are these results an accurate reading of the sentiments -- that given the list of choices Andy presented, a Zope Studio is so much more popular than those choices!?!

Wow. Let's try a different tack. Pretend there was a for-free Zope Studio and a for-fee Zope Studio. Let's say the difference was either like ActiveState's difference (personal use vs. professional use), or say the difference was in "Professional" capabilities.

Does anyone think there would be any moderate-sized market for a for-fee version? How many of you would pay a few hundred bucks for a high-quality dev/authoring/admin environment for Zope?

--Paul

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