[Zope3-Users] Re: Early Zope versus Plone versus Zope3???

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Fast Primes wrote:
> For the newbie, is there a conceptual overview of early Zope and it's 
> subsequent developement into Plone and Zope3?
> 
> I understand that Zope3 is a complete rewrite from a clean sheet of 
> Zope, right? If so, what flaws or impediments in regular Zope (pre 3), 
> made this necessary--or external changes in web standards?
> 
> What is the relation of Plone to early Zope and Zope3?

Plone is a separate product with largely a separate community.

Most of your questions (except the ones regarding Plone) should be 
answered in my book, http://worldcookery.com. Chapter 1 contains a short 
overview over Zope's history. The chapter is available for free from 
Springer website:

http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783540338079-c1.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-328792-p173705712


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