[Zope] Cutting, copying and pasting products

[Jeffrey Shell]

> It is possible to move folder objects around, but products 
> can supposedly only
> be cut, copied and pasted in the products directory. Could 
> anyone give a
> rationale for this?

The Products Folder is a special object for, naturally, Products -- both
disk-based (ala the primary built in Zope products, as well as any
others) and Zope-based (Products that are instantiated using Factories).
Remember that Zope Folders are not directories, but are actual objects,
and some objects may act folder-ish but be very specialized and may only
allow certain types of objects.  (Similar to the Control Panel in
Windows 9x, and /dev type directories on Unix).  The Products Folder is
one of these types of Objects.

I believe the rationale was as a centralized product management area
(letting you see what Products where installed with the system), and as
a development area for through-the-web products.