[Zope-CMF] Sneak preview - workflow

[Chris Withers]

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 22 May 2001, seb bacon wrote:
> 
> > DC should do whatever they need to do to keep profitable.  If this
> > means closing off some of the CMF code, then so be it.  I wouldn't
> > want DC to struggle because of the Open Source decision, and I'm
> > immensely grateful for what we've already been given.
> 
> Gratitude goes a long way in my book.

Just in case I haven't said it recently, I am _extremely_ grateful for the work
DC have done for not only Zope and the CMF, but also the Python community :-)

> OSS is no longer an experiment for us.  It has been proven to work.  But
> for each new product we have to think about the greatest benefit to the
> company.  DC weighs more than just concrete numbers in the decision,
> however, and that's why we almost always choose open source.  Community
> means a lot to us.

Good to hear...

> Indeed.  It can be hard to tell what's a core feature and what's not--but
> I think you're right, workflow is close to the core.

...especially given your comments below:

> I think pluggable, dynamic workflow is going to change the way products
> are written.  It's parallel to the "new religion" Jim has been talking
> about.
> 
> http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/Components/Components/NewReligion
> 
> > In particular, what are the business requirements driving
> > the recent flurry of CMF improvements?

cheers,

Chris