[Checkins] SVN: zope-story-website/branches/what_who_why_zope/ Branching working copy of the who/what/why design in progress
Brad Allen
brad at allendev.com
Tue Mar 31 21:58:19 EDT 2009
Log message for revision 98737:
Branching working copy of the who/what/why design in progress
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--- zope-story-website/trunk/src/index.rst 2009-03-31 21:34:47 UTC (rev 98735)
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-.. \ image:: _static/bg.png
-We are devoted to solutions to the perennial problems encountered when building
-complex, scalable web applications. We offer tools for all, from small
-nonprofits to large enterprise systems and high traffic public web applications.
+What is Zope?
+================
+
+.. container::
+ :class: LeftCol
+
+ Zope is a Community
+ -------------------
+ Hundreds of companies and thousands of developers devoted to solutions
+ to the perennial problems of building complex, scalable web applications.
+ `More...<Who is Zope?>`_
+
+ Zope is Open Source
+ -------------------
+
+ All Zope libraries, frameworks, and applications managed by the
+ `Zope Foundation`_ are licensed under the OSS-Certified `Zope Public License`_.
+ This BSD-style license allows use in both open source projects and closed
+ proprietary product offerings.
+
+ Zope is a Broad Software Technology
+ -----------------------------------
+
+ The base Zope Framework has powered web development frameworks,
+ web application servers, content management systems, and many
+ other software components.
+
+ Zope is Mature
+ ------------------------------
+
+ Zope's robust technologies are born of 10 years of hard-won real world
+ experience in building production web applications for every level
+ of organization, ranging from small nonprofits to large enterprise systems
+ and high traffic public web applications. `More...<Why use Zope?>`_
+
+
+ Zope is Python-based
+ ------------------------------
+
+ Zope is written in `Python`_, a highly-productive, object-oriented scripting
+ language.
+
+
+Which Zope?
+
Frameworks
-==========
+===========
-The following are notable frameworks which users are adivsed to look at if
+The following are notable frameworks which users are advised to look at if
they are looking at entering the world of Zope.
.. raw:: html
@@ -105,13 +146,7 @@
powerful tools for managing complexity by fully leveraging the best
dynamic features of the Python programming language.
-Organizational Support
-======================
-Any large open source community needs support infrastructure and
-shepherding of intellectual property. For years this was handled by
-Zope Corporation, but now those responsibilities have transitioned to
-the `Zope Foundation`_ (founded in 2006).
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