Subject: RE: [TS] CGI vs. Zope
wtanksley@bigfoot.com
Date: Mon Aug 14 2000 - 18:55:40 EDT
From: Marcus [mailto:lists@wordit.com]
>On 14.08.00 at 13:42 Ben Darnell wrote:
>>I'd like to
>>know why, specifically, you made the decisions you did (on both sides,
>>but especially those of you who chose CGI).
>I would choose CGI because it is so widely available, basically on
>every web server. If the CGI version is popular, then one could think
>about other solutions afterwards. Due to CGI's wide availability and
>it's pre-existence on most web servers, many people will have the
>chance to try the application out.
This is true.
>>Is it because of the
>>difficulty of finding Zope hosting? Efficiency concerns? Integration
>>with existing software? Something else entirely? Does your opinion
>>about Zope extend to other emerging technologies (e.g. WebDAV)?
>I haven't used Zope, but the documentation already said that it wasn't
>simple to install.
Surprising -- I installed the first or second version of Zope on my NT box
here without any trouble; it just installed and worked, right out of the
box. I've been using it ever since on my Linux box, mainly because it was
so simple to play with.
>I looked at WebDAV and that seems interesting, especially given the
>fact that even M$ is readily supporting it, or at least providing help
>to the developers.
MS coauthored the specs, and they expected it to kill Apache, since they
thought Apache would never support it.
>In any case, my vote goes to a widely supported and easy to setup
>platform base for the initial web version. Specialisation with it's
>possible speed and feature advantages later.
Zope is slow. Its advantage is that it's very easy to program and use. CGI
is a bear in comparison.
>Marcus Friedlaender
-Billy
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