Hi Carsten,

> production since years now - I don't have any links handy 
> right now :( So, you can call the framework usable and stable.

Maybe someone else can jump in. would be useful in the 'sales pitch'!

> The development of the cocoon portal will continue and it 
> will be even more powerfull and extensible than it is now. 

Excellent.

> Just a teaser: What do you think of a portal that can run 
> "cocoon portlets" and jetspeed based portlets at the same time?

Since we're developing all from scratch, I'd rather settle on a single
approach from the beginning but, since the jetspeed approach has been
out for a while longer, it sounds a good idea.

Cheers,
Tony. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carsten Ziegeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 24 February 2003 15:47
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Portal: usable now? Usable in future?
> 
> 
> The portal and authentication framework are used in 
> production since years now - I don't have any links handy 
> right now :( So, you can call the framework usable and stable.
> 
> I can't compare the cocoon portal with jetspeed, because that 
> wouldn't be objective enough, I fear. But if you want to use 
> Cocoon anyway, use the Cocoon portal; if you want to build 
> your application based on XML and XSLT (for example for 
> multi-channel), use the cocoon portal. If jetspeed provides 
> everything you need know and in the foreseen future, 
> well...aeh...use the jetspeed portal of course.
> 
> In general, I guess the cocoon portal is more flexible 
> because of it's XML/XSLT nature - so you can add new 
> features, integrate new portlets without writing one line 
> java code; it's just a matter of "configuration".
> 
> The development of the cocoon portal will continue and it 
> will be even more powerfull and extensible than it is now. 
> 
> Just a teaser: What do you think of a portal that can run 
> "cocoon portlets" and jetspeed based portlets at the same time?
> 
> Carsten
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Linde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 4:35 PM
> > To: Cocoon-Users-List
> > Subject: Portal: usable now? Usable in future?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am PM of a project that needs to deploy a workable but 
> customisable 
> > portal as one of its components. The team working on this 
> has set up a 
> > Jetspeed-based solution using the demo site. I was wondering how 
> > usable the Cocoon portal webapp is and whether anyone has 
> compared it 
> > to the Jetspeed one.
> > 
> > Also, is work still continuing on the Auth and Portal 
> webapps? And is 
> > there a release date for them?
> > 
> > We have to release incremental builds of the project but the final 
> > release isn't until end of 2004 so I'm happy for us to work 
> with beta 
> > code (and even contribute to it if it adds to our project 
> > functionality) as long as it seems a viable long-term project. What 
> > are the long-term prospects of the Portal?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Tony.
> > 
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> > 
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