[Zope-marketing] zope.org - Who Uses This Thing Called Zope?

[Paul Everitt]

I would *really* love to get the following information.  However, I'm 
not going to do it.  If someone else does it, I'll thank them profusely.

This is realistically a simple matter of programming.  It would take 
under 20 hours to create something that ran reliably, on autopilot, and 
would collect these stats on a weekly basis.

Someone has to step up to the plate and volunteer, though.

--Paul

Scott Robertson wrote:
> It would also be beneficial to come up with some number that represents the
> number of developers that are using Zope.
> 
> This question comes up as frequently, if not more for us than whose using
> it. Actually that's a fib. It's easier for us to wave off the "why isn't
> everyone using it?" argument than it is to wave off the "How many zope
> developers are there and how easy is it to hire them?"
> 
> I know that this is more difficult than estimating the number of developers
> for closed software, but maybe we can extrapolate these numbers by looking
> at the:
> 
> * number of hits at Zope.org
> * number of downloads
> * number of members
> * number of people attending training sessions and conferences
> 
> The exact value isn't to important so much as having *a number* and showing
> that it's growing from month to month.
> 
> Another goal I think this group should strive for is convincing some
> publishing house to have a Zope Magazine or at least a regular column. It's
> hard to compete against Cold Fusion and Websphere when you can go to Barnes
> and Noble and see them represented in the magazine rack.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: zope-marketing-admin@zope.org
>>[mailto:zope-marketing-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Carlos de la Guardia
>>Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 2:53 PM
>>To: zope-marketing@zope.org
>>Subject: Re: [Zope-marketing] zope.org - Who Uses This Thing Called
>>Zope?
>>
>>
>>I agree that this case study idea is well worth our efforts. I
>>think for best
>>results we should come up with a standard format for the case studies.
>>
>>Maybe something like this:
>>
>>* Client
>>* Challenge
>>* Solution
>>* Which technologies other than Zope were considered and why Zope won out
>>* Business benefits
>>* Software and hardware components
>>* Estimated traffic volume
>>
>>Carlos de la Guardia
>>Aldea Systems
>>
>>On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 00:05:32 -0500 alan runyan <runyaga@runyaga.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>There are loads of commerical products using ZOPE, as well as big named
>>>clients.
>>>Could we get people to pair up with companies and get some fresh case
>>>studies on
>>>http://www.zope.org/Resources/CaseStudies  and have this linked off the
>>>frontpage?
>>>
>>>* bruce-eckel likes ZOPE and I'm sure if someone sent him a few
>>>questions he
>>>would answer. or basically write a case study himself.  just needs
>>>prodding.
>>>http://mindview.com
>>>
>>>* ensim - is the largest commercial success that I know of using ZOPE.
>>>http://www.ensim.com/
>>>
>>>* NATO - the guy w/ the demo.. that needs to be gotten a hold of.  just
>>>need
>>>someone to hassle him.  if not the demo then at least a minor
>>
>>case study.
>>
>>>* french people havae done some wonderful stuff.  and I think they
>>>already
>>>have case studies almost available.
>>>at least quotes.
>>>
>>>* dot.kde.org and gnotices.gnome.org could be done up in one.
>>>
>>>* there is a huge Italian site running ZOPE, forgot name
>>>
>>>* amphora (sp?) or some other content mgmt like system written ontop of
>>>ZOPE
>>>
>>>* bizarshop
>>>
>>>the last two, I'm sure would do their own case studies as they are
>>>corporate
>>>entities and any promotion of their work is free marketing for them.
>>>
>>>how about a query to the community asking if they want to participate.
>>>Steps Involved:
>>>* pick a Case Study to fulfill
>>>* we can come up with questions for them to personally ask
>>>* feed the raw results back to the marketing list
>>>* someoned edit them.. and put them up on zope.org
>>>* moving 'Who uses ZOPE' to the frontpage of zope.org
>>>
>>>~runyaga
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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