I am amazed at how fast this ring is growing. The energy in the python and zope community is just wonderful. Compared to my Mac OS X webring, there is real fire in this community.

Im assuming the webring doesnt require those graphics I see at the bottom of pages. Shudder. Cheers. -- Andy McKay. ----- Original Message ----- From: <lozinski@jobmart.com> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: [Zope] Zope WebRing and Software Component MarketPlace

First let me report that there are now 10 members on the Python and Zope WebRing.

www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=PythonAndZope;action=list

I am amazed at how fast this ring is growing. The energy in the python and zope community is just wonderful. Compared to my Mac OS X webring, there is real fire in this community.

What is missing? Well I would love to see a market for software components. Open Source is great, but I love to get supported software products with a person I can call who is motivated to fix the problem as part of the purchase price I paid. Is anyone selling software components in Zope or Python? Would anyone like to buy such components?

Let me put this topic in perspective. I see huge amounts of software work being shipped off to massive companies in India. The way for the US to compete is to create a vibrant market in software components, each owned by its developer, so that large projects can be delivered by assembling existing components, thus outperforming the offshore development companies.

Let me know what you think. I hope to start a discussion thread on this topic.

Regards Chris

1-510-795-6086 lozinski@openstepnews.com lozinski@jobmart.com

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