[ZWeb] A new proposal (long)

Casey Duncan casey@zope.com
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:47:42 -0600


I will admit that the Product nomenclature was a bit confusing to me 
when I started using Zope. However, I agree that "Product" is the 
accepted term and changing it would hurt more than it would help.

-Casey

Lennart Regebro wrote:
>>I would MUCH MORE prefer that we use the term "Component".
>>Zope is a RAD tool like VB or Delphi. You can plug components into it...
>>
> 
> Unfortunately, that doesn't fly. Not only should Components have a well
> defined component interface, they should be much easier to use than most
> Zope Products.
> 
> The word "Products" is now also common in the Zope community, and it would
> cause immense confusion to change it.
> 
> It would be more reasonable to talk about "components" in Zope 3, though.
> :-)
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