[Zope] Zope Hosters Welcome Here :-)

[Scott Robertson]

Wow, you guys are so swell when you say such nice things about us. <g>

Anyhow I thought I'd toss my two cents in here. Even though it seems like
we are the only ISP to be actively hosting Zope accounts, I'd like to
encourage more to join in. We feel Zope is a great product and that it
would only be to our benefit if more ISPs start using it and participated
more in Zope's evolution. If you're an ISP out there and you're
contemplating offering Zope to your customers please feel free to contact
us. We'd love to help you get started and look forward to having other
ISPs to share our experiences with.


On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Hadar Pedhazur wrote:

> Howdy to everyone out there in Zope land.
> 
> There have been a flurry of emails recently, and a handful
> of posts as well, regarding commercial Zope Hosting. While I
> will likely send a private copy of this post to each of the
> people who have written to us at Digital Creations,
> separately, I thought that a general posting might be a good
> thing to do, and it won't be _too_ long, so I hope that no
> one will mind me hijacking the bandwidth for this "noble"
> cause. :-)
> 
> The following block is a verbatim extract from an email I
> sent to a potential Zope Hosting Provider this morning. I
> will leave out the contact details to protect the innocent,
> but I hope the my response to their request to host Zope
> will be interesting to others who might be considering the
> same:
> 
> ***
> 
> "Well, we truly believe that the market for Zope hosters
> will grow significantly in the coming year, and further that
> there is an opportunity for hosters to more easily layer on
> value-added options to increase the profitability of the
> account. Some will be home-grown, and some will be avilable
> commercially or from the community.
> 
> Now to the hard part. While we constantly strive to improve
> Zope, and to make it easier to administer in a multi-virtual
> domain environment, it still isn't perfect in that
> regard. Therefore, it takes a fair bit of technical
> know-how, and a willingness to sweat some tears in order to
> get it just right for your shop. Luckily, the envrionment
> that you describe above is nearly ideal for Zope, which will
> mitigate the above somewhat.
> 
> This will definitely change in the near future (think months
> not years), so you could wait. The advantage of not waiting
> is that there are quite a number of people currently looking
> to find a reliable Zope Hoster. We have one very high
> quality hoster available now (http://www.codeit.com). They
> are so good at Zope hosting, that we host both
> http://www.zope.org and http://www.digicool.com there. We
> couldn't be happier with the arrangement.
> 
> Still, the marketplace likes choices, and the next few
> hosters to truly give Zope the care and attention that it
> deserves will gain a fair number of new users in a
> realtively short period of time (my opinion only!). If there
> is any other info that we can provide, please don't hesitate
> to ask. If you do decide to host Zope, we'll help you get it
> right (up to a point, and then perhaps you should consider a
> support contract). Also, the zope mailing list is extremely
> knowledgable and helpful with regard to setting up Zope on
> all types of platforms. Then, we'll happily list you in the
> Zope Hosting Providers page, and help drive customers to
> your site!"
> 
> ***
> 
> So, if you're a hoster out there who is struggling with the
> choice as to whether to dive in and offifially offer Zope or 
> not, I hope I've added a little confusion (I mean fuel) to
> help you over the hump. From my perspective, people who want 
> to host commercial sites on Zope will want to go with
> "proven" hosters, and not someone who is simply willing to
> let them start a long running process and "see how it
> goes". Therefore, those that host early, will be able to
> build up a credible reference list and snag the people that
> will eventually discover the beauty and power of Zope.
> 
> Dive right in, the water is fine. :-)
> 
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> 
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> 

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