[Zope] Need zope sales training :)

[Tres Seaver]

Tom Jenkins <TJenkins@DevIS.com> wrote:

> Hello folks,
> We have a project being discussed here at work where I think zope would fit
> nicely.  I explained my thoughts on how zope fits to the project manager and
> all I got for my efforts was a blank stare.  Obviously some
> miscommunication.  The project is a resume "database".  The user would
> upload resumes into a database, with some additional fields for other
> information related to the person.  The resumes and additional fields would
> be searchable.  The user thought it would be very interesting for them if
> the resumes, searching, etc were available over the Web so that field
> offices could access them.
> 
> My thought is that this would be perfect for zope using zcatalog.  Now I
> haven't done any work with zcatalog but it sure seems like a perfect fit.
> 
> Am I on the right track here?  What points can I bring to bear?
> 
> Thanks for any advice
> 
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How about:

 * He can have a workable prototype, using nothing more than DTMLDocuments
   and some easy DTML, in a day;

 * A robust solution would probably use something like the PTK^H^H^HContent
   Management Framework (CMF), and be done in less than a week.

You can finish the project while the Java/RDBMS jockeys are still arguing
about the relational schema :)

Tres.
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