[Zope] Does Zope stack up as a portal?

[robert christophe]

Le dim 15/12/2002 =E0 18:48, Kyler Laird a =E9crit :
> This is going to be a horribly-formed request, but I'm looking for some
> guidance on evaluating a product being pitched.  The product is UNICON
> Academus.
> 	http://www.unicon.net/academus/products/overview.html
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> It's based on uPortal
> 	http://mis105.mis.udel.edu/ja-sig/uportal/
> a "free, sharable portal under development by institutions of higher-
> education."  UNICON's offerings appear to be closed and, at least for
> the authoring tool, MS Windows-only.
>=20
> I want Free tools.  uPortal is better than something like Blackboard,
> but it still has some severe limitations due to its licensing.  I'm
> wondering if I can confidently say that Zope can readily perform the
> same functions.
>=20
> I like using Zope for most everything these days, but every time I go
> to battle against CMF, I come away ready to continue using other
> methods for awhile.  I suspect that CMF is what I would need to use to
> get uPortal/Academus-type functionality without starting from scratch.
>=20

You can try "Nuxeo Collaborative Portal Server" .

   http://www.nuxeo.org/cps



> So...any opinions?  I'm looking for comments like "Zope can't touch
> Academus without a *lot* of work" or "Oh, yeah, just fight through CMF
> and you're almost there."  Specifics would be great, but I'll be happy
> just to get some insight.  (If there's something besides CMF that can
> handle this role, I'll be especially interested.)
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> Of course, I'd also be happy to receive offers to provide Academus-like
> functionality in Zope using Free software for a price on the order of
> that of Academus.  (I don't know how much they charge yet, but I will
> soon.)
>=20
> Thank you.
>=20
> --kyler
>=20
>=20
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