[Zope-CMF] MS Content Management Server

[Robert Rottermann]

Hi Ausum,
I did never ever see the MS product, so I can not comment on it.
However I believe the question whether it will be a treat to CMF is wrongly
put as it suggests that there will be an either or question.
If MS does its job well (and often they do), their product will probably
reach a much bigger audience than CMF does. Comparable maybe to the fact
that probably far more websites are built with FrontPage than with
Dreamweaver. Still Macromedia seems to prosper well.
Content management is only at the very start of its introduction into the
chest of tools that are used to organize the flow of information within most
corporations.
CMS are normally only use for the most obvious "content" like news. However
every information that flows trough a corporation is content. Be it a bill
of material, a construction drawing or the issue of a check, it is content
that has to be handled by a content management system.
So the future of web based content management is VERY bright, and many
systems will emerge. Therefore more important than learning the tools is
learning the trade.

Robert
PS: Sad only that normally not the pioneers make the big fortune!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ausum" <augusto@artlover.com>
To: <zope-cmf@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: [Zope-CMF] MS Content Management Server


> Back in May there was a thread here about MS SharePoint, and after the
April
> news on Microsoft  buying NCompass. Although the new Resolution is
announced
> to be released as its "Content Management Server" at this fall, there is
> already an evaluation version at its site, wich is presumably Resolution
4.0
>
> Has anyone used Resolution before or tested it throughfully?  Are
> SharePoint-Content Management Server a real threat to CMF's spreading and
> growth, putting aside the fact that Microsoft isn't going to touch Linux,
in
> the way Paul's pointed out?
>
> I'm betting on Zope and CMF not only because it's object oriented and
freely
> available, but  because it's always a good idea to learn to develop on
> technologies that one's competitors do will need to learn later (like
Linux
> compels MS webworkers). With Microsoft's move on the content management
> arena, I think is useful to get to know its real threat potential, in
order
> for the community to pay attention to the elements that could strenghten
> Zope-CMF, and eventually take measures to overtake Bill's latest appetite.
>
>
> Ausum
>
>
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