[Zope] commercial versus open source

[A.J. Rossini]

>>>>> "bill" == Bill Kerr <kerrb@senet.com.au> writes:

    bill> has anyone written an evaluation of the dreamweaver / asp /
    bill> php / flash approach compared with the zope approach ?  I
    bill> don't know much about it myself I'm looking for something to
    bill> find out more more myself and to show to colleagues who
    bill> unthinkingly are going down the commercial path looking for
    bill> something analytical and substantial that would stand up to
    bill> scrutiny and help me identify the key issues ie. separation
    bill> of presentation from logic but going into it, not just
    bill> stating it meanwhile, I'll keep learning zope and python,
    bill> which I'm enjoying btw thanks!  - Bill Kerr ps,. here's an
    bill> extract from the mail that prompted this question prices are
    bill> educational (I'm a school teacher) pps. I'm chucking in asp
    bill> and php because someone told me that dreamweaver supports
    bill> them

There is some Dreamweaver support for Zope.  IMHO they (all the tools
you've listed) accomplish different things.  Why not use what is most
suitable?  php is opensource as well.

best,
-tony

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