FYI: DC -> ZC, plus 2.4 released
Hello everyone. As first reported by Andy "Scoop" McKay on ZopeZen, we're changing our name from Digital Creations to Zope Corporation. The name change has the fortunate side effect of letting us be referred to as ZC instead of DC, which almost sounds the same if you speak with a lisp. :^) The news is up on LWN, which links to the press release. LWN also announced the 2.4 release. Why are we doing the name change? Good question, especially since I used to make the spiel about the company name being separate from the software name. In a nutshell, it confused the mess out of everyone. Briefly stated, Zope needs to appeal better to the crowd that expects good packaging and clear brands. We've trial ballooned this with a number of you over the last couple of months and the need for this is conclusive. There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^( Does this harbinger any other major changes? Not really <wink>. :^) Seriously, we're looking at a number of things to make Zope well-positioned and competitive, as well as doing the same for the things DC/ZC does. The biggest thing in the coming weeks is, by a mile, opening up the CVS. This is the beginning of a series of steps to really work together with the community and tap into the potential that's been underutilized. I'm quite happy with where the direction is going on this and the likely outcomes. We'll be at the O'Reilly conference this week, sporting new brochures and shirts. We'll be giving away some of our stockpile of deprecated Zope shirts with DC on the front, so drop by our booth and get some of these hot collectibles before they're out of issue! :^) --Paul
There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
The name change makes sense. The new Zope release looks good. But what are the guys with ties doing on zope.com? -Magnus
magnus/Websys@websys.no wrote:
There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
The name change makes sense. The new Zope release looks good. But what are the guys with ties doing on zope.com?
I dunno, Martijn Faassen asked for them. :^) --Paul
Gosh! Big difference between Zope dot org and dot com. The first one says "Come on, join us and have fun (whether you have the guts)". The last one says: "Now, prepare yourself to get charged" ;) Ausum magnus/Websys@websys.no wrote:
There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
The name change makes sense. The new Zope release looks good. But what are the guys with ties doing on zope.com?
I dunno, Martijn Faassen asked for them. :^) --Paul
At 12:43 23-07-2001 -0500, you wrote:
Gosh! Big difference between Zope dot org and dot com.
The first one says "Come on, join us and have fun (whether you have the guts)". The last one says: "Now, prepare yourself to get charged" ;)
Ausum
Wauw ... I like the page. It's really .. business-look ? Can't find any good word in english for it ... but believe me when I say that I like it :-) Regards, Gitte Wange
magnus/Websys@websys.no wrote:
There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
The name change makes sense. The new Zope release looks good. But what are the guys with ties doing on zope.com?
I dunno, Martijn Faassen asked for them. :^)
--Paul
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The news is up on LWN, which links to the press release. LWN also announced the 2.4 release.
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There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
Is there some sort of disconnect? -- the www.zope.com says Zope 2.3.3 is the latest release -- where does 2.4 come into the picture? Or is the .com site intended to be different in content from the .org site?
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There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
Ah very nice, a smooth corporate look :) Very linkable from other corporate pages, much more so than zope.org IMHO (for non-programmers and people unfamiliar with Zope). Makes it easier to sell Zope to ties! As far as CVS access goes, I am longing for access to CMF. We are building an ASP-type intranet/extranet application based on the Content Management Framework, and I'd rather contribute to CMF itself than release patches or a new product. Go ZC Go :) Cya Jonathan
Paul Everitt wrote:
There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
Netscape 4.76 on Linux shows the page like this: (a reduced screenshot) http://www.slinkp.com/images/zopecom.jpg Is that the same issue you're talking about? Overlapping text? Just want to make sure it's not my #)+@++@@ browser... -- ................... paul winkler .................... custom calendars & printing: http://www.calendargalaxy.com A member of ARMS: http://www.reacharms.com home page: http://www.slinkp.com
Paul Everitt wrote:
There's a new site at www.zope.com that reflects the change. I expected to tell the Zope list on Friday, but we're still sorting through some font issues. :^(
I reported:
Netscape 4.76 on Linux shows the page like this: (a reduced screenshot) http://www.slinkp.com/images/zopecom.jpg
Is that the same issue you're talking about? Overlapping text? Just want to make sure it's not my #)+@++@@ browser...
Looks fine here now. Good work! -- ................... paul winkler .................... custom calendars & printing: http://www.calendargalaxy.com A member of ARMS: http://www.reacharms.com home page: http://www.slinkp.com
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