[Zope] What causes the community to stall so often?

[kosh@aesaeion.com]

On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Oleg Broytmann wrote:

> > > 2. Install MySQL, MySQLdb and ZMySQLDA (or Postgres and its DA).
> >
> > No, you don't need to install this.
>
>    Zope without SQL is just a toy for small sites.

I disagree with this in the most stringent way possible. An RDB is not
needed for large sites and going with an OODB is not a toy. I do take
offense to you considering the ZODB to be a toy. I think it does need some
more capabilities then it has now but it no way is it a toy. Especially
not compared to MySQL. Actually in many cases an OODB will outperform an
RDB depending on the application model used.

If you already have data in an RDB I can see why you want to hook zope to
it or you need data in another application that can only speak to an RDB I
can see why you would want to use it. However if you don't have those
requirements there is no reason to tie yourself to an RDB.