[Zope-CMF] RE: OT : Zope/CMF Metaphors?

Shane Hathaway shane@digicool.com
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:38:36 -0400


Jon Edwards wrote:
> 
> Replying to myself (with tongue firmly inserted in cheek!), from a newbie's
> perspective -
> 
> Perl/PHP/ASP is like being given a pile of lambswool, a loom and a book on
> weaving and being told to make your own clothes
> 
> Zope is like being taken to a clothing-store, being told everything is free,
> but then finding all the clothes are in a big pile on the floor and half the
> labels are missing ;-)
> 
> CMF is like going back to the store a week later and finding the labels have
> been put back on and half the stuff has been arranged on shelves and hangers
> :-)

Haha, I like it. :-)  It's a big store and "one size fits all" does not
apply, so it takes some time to get everything arranged nicely. 
Especially since there's a part of the store under renovation.

Shane