[Zope] Request for Information

[Ausum Studio]

My opinion: If you want to allow full control of the application platform,
Zope or Zope/CMF is the answer. If you want an OS CMS using 'popular
standards' try PHP stuff. They have more time and developers doing content
management, above all in LAMP.

But the aspect that is rarely considered for newcomers to content
management, is that there are more differences than similarities in needs at
the moment you manage content. There is much more demands than meets the
eye, than the possibilities of any OS CMS. You will definitely go for custom
development, the sooner or later. And that's why, IMO, you should focus on
the platform.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shashin Shah" <shashin at bkwsulon.demon.co.uk>
To: <zope at zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:19 PM
Subject: [Zope] Request for Information


>
> Dear Zope Users
>
> Apologies if this is not the right forum to raise these questions.
>
> I am helping a charity decide on an Open Source / Open Standards CMS
> and also a framework and supporting tools to help them develop their web
> based applications faster.
>
> I would very much appreciate your views on the following:
>
> - What is your view on Python versus Java. I am hearing that Python may
> be more productive than Java in building web based apps.
>
> - Whilst Zope is open source, to what extent is it based on Open
> standards, If we select Zope/Plone/Python is there a danger of getting
> locked in to something that is proprietary.

Not that I know. Most of products for Zope are released under the GPL or ZPL
licenses.

> - Are you aware of any comparisons done on Zope CMF/Plone versus other
> CMSs (such as Open CMS) that we could have access to ?
>
> Any help most appreciated.
>
I don't have the numbers but I did try and stressed many of the CMSs out
there. My conclusion: If you want to allow full control of the application
platform, Zope or Zope/CMF is the answer. If you want an OS CMS using
'popular standards', try PHP stuff. They have more time and developers doing
content management, above all in LAMP.

But the aspect that is rarely considered for newcomers to CM, is that there
are more differences than similarities in needs, at the moment you enable
content management features for a professional website. There is much more
demands than meets the eye, and the possibilities of any OS CMS seem to fall
short at some point. Believe me, you will definitely go for custom
development, the sooner or later. And that's why, IMO, you should focus on
the platform.

In that sense Zope is the best beast for the job.


Ausum



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