[ZODB-Dev] reasons to use ZODB

[Harm_Kirchhoff at mail.digital.co.jp]

I am a newbie to ZODB. I only started using it 4 months ago, but with 
great success.
Reasons for its use are:
a. It integrates into python and can serve as a giant python dictionary. 
This makes it very easy even for a newbie to built a powerfull database, 
because while dictionaries are easy to understand, classes and other 
objects may not be.
b. It integrates into python and python is an extremly powerfull and 
versatile language. I only switched to python 6 months ago, but am already 
up and running with a database tracking a sales volume of USD 35 Million 
annually.
c. One of the reasons why I chose ZODB, was that I figured, if I ever need 
to implement web technologies, I would be half way through just by 
mastering the ZODB and could lear the rest of Zope in a relatively quicker 
time.
I can not say how much I appreciate your work. It took me a long while to 
get into the ZODB, mainly due to the fact that there is little 
documentation that caters for absolute newbies like myself and focuses 
only on the ZODB.
Great Work