[Zope] ColdFusion - I want to remain a Zopista, please help

[Mojo Clark]

This email I received from the head of our IS dept. explains my situation 
(posted with sender's permission after anonymizing it).

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As you are all well aware there has been a recent surge in the amount of web 
design work that staff has been seeking.  This has brought to light the fact 
that we need to have a standard in web design software.  I am referring to 
design software that takes us beyond the level of what programs like 
Dreamweaver and Front Page can do.  I believe the two options we have here 
are Zope and ColdFusion.

Please put together a list of pros and cons regarding what you would like to 
use to accomplish some of our more intensive web design tasks.  Send your 
lists to me via e-mail by the 26th of July and I will compile them into 
something that we can sit down and work through and come up with a decision 
on what our standard should be.  I have checked to see if [the parent 
company] has a standard and it appears that they do not as they do not have 
a true web design group.

Due to the increasing amount of work, I would like to make a decision on 
this rather quickly so as not to delay the production of any projects.
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I've been a Zopista for about a year so I can address the benefits of Zope, 
but I am not knowledgeable regarding ColdFusion. What is driving the 
pro-ColdFusion push is our graphics department whose main web tool is 
Dreamweaver. They don't do dynamic web programming or database integration 
and it took some explaining to move the choice from Zope vs. Dreamweaver to 
Zope vs. ColdFusion.

I am looking for reasons why Zope is a better choice than ColdFusion. Any 
knowledgeable responses greatly appreciated.

I sense that using Zope would be a non-issue if the graphics dept. was 
assured that they wouldn't have to abandon their GUI-based design tools. 
Does anyone have experience collaborating with Zope where the 
non-programming graphics people are sharing the Zope interface? Have you 
been able to find a mutually agreeable arrangement?

There has been plenty of discussion regarding "Zopeweaver" but it sounds 
like integration is limited.

-mojo clark

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