[Zope] Future of Zope

[Ian Clarke]

> Again, how runs Linux without technical skills?
> Not to many I believe.

I recently installed Redhat 6.1 and it was a dream.  Believe me, Linux's
usability is advancing very quickly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was
ready for Agda and her postoffice within 6 months.

> ZIE aren't for technically skilled people, but
> for a 60 years old lady here in Sweden that we
> usually to call "Agda at the postoffice".

While I respect anyone who contributes their time to Open Source in any
way, I would be concerned that developing Zope in a single platform
direction is counter-productive.  I would rather see those talented
programmers working on something that everyone can benefit from (not
just Linux users, but Mac users too!), not just a large minority (or
even a small majority).

If there were no alternative to IE as a more flexible client platform,
then I would be more supportive, but the fact is that when we have Java
and Swing, which are, or will soon be, supported by all popular web
browsers on the vast majority of platforms, I don't see the point in
going down the Microsoft road.

Again though, if people really want to write M$ specific opensource
code, then respect to them, they are still contributing code to the
public good.

Ian.

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