[Zope] Future of Zope

[Johan Carlsson]

> Well, it may be "proprietary", but it is Open Source (IOW, it
> would be no more "proprietary" than Zope itself). I don't know
> too much about the MS api stuff - but you're correct that there's
> no reason better UI couldn't be accomplished with both. Our focus
> is mainly on Moz due to the Open Source factor.

And there's nothing wrong with that :-)
The more the merrier.

 
> > With a web browser installation rate at approximately 70-30
> > it's impossible to ignore Microsoft, where one likes it or not.
> 
> Well, you certainly can't ignore if from the standpoint of making
> your Zope-created apps compatible with it. From the standpoint of
> making a better next-gen Zope management and app development interface 
> though, IMHO browser marketshare or mindshare are not really that 
> important.

> We have a cross-browser mgmt interface now. What we want to get to is
> to have something better and more powerful as an alternative. If using
> the more powerful interface requires using a particular tool (no matter
> what it turns out to be), then our sense is that that is a reasonable
> trade off. Realistically, the core goal is a better UI, so any decisions
> like that will have to be based on merit and compatibility with Zope's 
> business and technical goals, not market share. And as always, Zope is 
> Open Source, so anyone who felt that we backed the wrong horse could
> always "correct" the situation :)

Yes, that's what ZIE is all about. 
Open one proprietary solution to Zope, as would any
Dreamweaver et alt integration project would.

Personally I would like to see a Open Standard based
web content development scheme. WebDAV is a start for one.

//johan