[Zope] The name ZOPE (was RE: [Zope] Linux.com community ad)

Terrel Shumway tshumway@ics.uci.edu
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:15:00 -0700


Pavlos Christoforou wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Michael Hirsch wrote:
>
> > one thing we had to overcome was distrust of the name.  Somehow
>
> In 2-3 years Zope will sound as natural as Apple or Xerox

I agree.  The name has already got a lot of positive press.
Let's build on what we have already done. If we were to change
the name now, that might send the message that we are suddenly
more concerned about marketing than about building an excellent
platform.