[Zope] Zope vs. java solutions : looking forward ?

[J. Atwood]

Just some quick thoughts..... (I have worked with both)

- This is not about Java vrs Python since that is a different 
discussion. This should be about Zope vrs Enhydra.
- Zope has a great future which can be shown by Digital Creations 
success, Zope involvement and activity
- In terms of getting a site up and running there is no question that 
you can get a Zope site running up faster than a Servlet based site

You might want to take a look at the semi-old but still very 
interesting Tomcat vrs Zope benchmarks 
http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/benchmarks.html  (Tomcat is 
the servlet engine behind Enhydra).

Cheers,
J



At 9:57 AM +0100 1/11/01, Henk Schets wrote:
>Hi,
>
>We are planning a major update of our site (i.e. building a new one).  At
>the moment our site is based on php,cgi, MySql and Apache on Linux.
>However, for the new site, we are considering other 'platforms' like Zope or
>Enhydra.  I find Zope an elegant solution for our new site because we will
>be relying heavily on non-technical people contributing articles for
>publication.  But the problem is this : the development will be made by a
>small commercial firm (the guys who work there are friends) and they are
>biased towards a java solution because they think this will be a standard
>for the future.  They do not want to invest in learning Zope en end up in
>not being able to sell their acquired knowledge in this.  I should note
>that, at the moment, they have no experience in Java nor Python, so they
>will have to learn one or the other.
>The problem I will be facing is the maintenance of the site and adding new
>features.
>What do you guys think ?  Does Zope have a future with respect to e.g.
>Enhydra (this is Python versus Java for internet applications)?   Does
>someone have experience with both and can you comment on the learning curve
>?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Henk
>
>
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