Karl Horak wrote: > > … Plone is at the confluence of open source, enterprise CMS, social & > community CMS, and web publishing CMS. Plone is the only one occupying > those three subway lines (four counting OSS). > > … We can't be experts at … We need to have a generalized toolset that's > very, very customizable so that we can use that toolset very effectively > to solve a huge host of problems. Plone-Zope-Python with a heavy dose of > CSS is that toolset. … >
+1, I couldn't have put it better myself. The prospect of very effectively solving a *huge* range of problems, *without too many* areas of expertise, was the #1 reason for me preferring Plone to all other platforms for web development. Yes ... personally, I do think of Plone as a platform. A foundation upon which people will be able to build *most things required by our organisation* -- and IMO those requirements are a continuing tall order. However: for positioning to developers, I probably wouldn't say 'platform': I'd use words very close to Karl's. On the subject of intersecting lines and subway maps: at <http://www.akasig.org/2003/12/11/zope-and-plone-learning-roadmap/> there's a learning-oriented graphic. It's old (2003) but still, I found it very appealing ( http://www.diigo.com/05kox highlights ). If at WPD you find yourself with half an hour free, and crayons/coloured pencils to hand, how would you update that diagram for Plone 3? But wait! Even better ... Alexander Limi wrote: > > … Plone 4 *is* a revolution. It's not evolving what's currently there. > It's getting rid of as much of the insanity as possible, and optimize for > the things people want to do during day 1, week 1 and month 1 of their > Plone experience. … > +1 The Plone Deco proposal, demos and discussions are extremely pleasing. Looking to Plone 4: I'm inspired, finally, to take some time out from bug reporting/testing and actually learn something about code. (Probably Python.) Dylan Jay-5 wrote: > > My question is, where would you put Plone on that graph? > > And should we accept we need to position plone more clearly? > ... if at WPD you find yourself with half an hour free, and crayons/coloured pencils to hand: * How would you update that (2003) learning roadmap for Plone 4? * Would you have three separate maps, for day 1, week 1 and month one? Or would you draw a single map, with destinations in time? Regards Graham -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/promoting-WPD-tp2461384p2669268.html Sent from the Evangelism mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Evangelism mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism
