[Zope-PTK] CMF?

Michael McLay mclay@nist.gov
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:03:23 -0500


FYI,


The developers of Zope have renamed the Portal Toolkit from PTK to CMF, which 
stands for Content Management Framework.  The name change better reflects the 
purpose of PTK.  Too bad you weren't here for the NASA PDM meeting in 
December.  Tres was here talking about the PTK.


On Thursday 08 February 2001 20:33, Tres Seaver wrote:
> Paul Browning wrote:
> > Ok. I can't stand it any longer. I thought I might have missed
> > something because of the recent list wobbles ... but I've just
> > checked the archives and can see no mention of CMF.
> >
> > What's CMF? Well, on the cms-list one Rob Page said on 4th Feb:
> >
> > "One of the add-on capabilities to Zope is the
> > Content Management Framework (CMF).  Formerly known as the Portal
> > ToolKit (PTK), this free and Open Source framework lets people rapidly
> > build CMS-style applications without giving up on the inherent
> > extensibility of the application server."
> >
> > C'mon guys .... I'm giving another Zope presentation tomorrow
> > and don't want to be saying "PTK" if it's old hat ....
>
> The product-formerly-known-as-PTK will, in fact, be released as
> the "Content Management Framework (CMF)", likely by the end of
> February.  I had been avoiding spilling the beans to allow the
> Powers That Be to unveil it;  since one of them has, I guess the
> word is out.
>
> Don't worry about calling it "PTK", however;  we (the geeks) still
> are;  just think of it as a "code name" for the CMF. :)  Eventually
> the "PTK" meme will fade away.