Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-15 Thread Chris Withers
Dario Lopez-Kästen wrote: hm... ok, point taken. However: he is not treating us like dirt. Yes he is; by simply not bothering to do any real research before making huge sweeping statements... If he publishes a wiki with some misconceptions, so what? If it's full of crap, quite a few

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-15 Thread Dario Lopez-Kästen
Chris Withers said the following on 11/15/2006 09:00 AM: But us going on like you obviously don't get it, do you? In fact, you dont seem to get anything about the web, even. Go away! If that's true, then why not? because it is not nice and we behave like them if we do? :-) either:

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-15 Thread Hafeliel
My thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. Here's what I'm hearing: [1] Many of you agree that the Zope Book is woefully incomplete. Paul, for example, was kind enough to point out that the Image class is a descendent of the Persistent class. I opened my Zope Book back up to see how I

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-15 Thread michael nt milne
Philip Kilner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael,michael nt milne wrote: Is there a reason that the Plone list gets 3 times the level of postings that the Zope list gets? Yes. because it is a more mature and constructive support environment which actually helps promote the product. Bollocks.:-):-)

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-15 Thread Paul Winkler
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:35:48AM -0800, Hafeliel wrote: My thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. Here's what I'm hearing: [1] Many of you agree that the Zope Book is woefully incomplete. Paul, for example, was kind enough to point out that the Image class is a descendent of

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-14 Thread Dario Lopez-Kästen
For the record: my original response was not aimed at you personally Chris, it was just that your mail triggered the whole thing. I apologize for making you the target (and for feeding some trolls :). Chris Withers said the following on 11/13/2006 04:38 PM: Well, he's treating us like dirt,

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-14 Thread robert rottermann
Nevertheless, I think we as a community could show some class and style. +100 the entertaining value of rude mails wear off quickly.. robert begin:vcard fn:robert rottermann n:rottermann;robert email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work:031 333 10 20 tel;fax:031 333 10 23 tel;home:031 333

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-14 Thread michael nt milne
For the record: my original response was not aimed at you personallyChris, it was just that your mail triggered the whole thing. I apologize for making you the target (and for feeding some trolls :). You make some very valid, correct points but then also make a very incorrect assumption as well. I

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-14 Thread Dario Lopez-Kästen
michael nt milne said the following on 11/14/2006 10:59 AM: You make some very valid, correct points but then also make a very incorrect assumption as well. I don't believe the original poster is a troll and neither am I or anyone else who has agreed that this list needs to have some more

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-14 Thread Philip Kilner
Michael, michael nt milne wrote: Is there a reason that the Plone list gets 3 times the level of postings that the Zope list gets? Yes. because it is a more mature and constructive support environment which actually helps promote the product. Bollocks. :-) -- Regards, PhilK Say what

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Chris Withers
Hafeliel wrote: If you could, please take a moment to surf on over to http://zopereplacement.wikidot.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=numpty Try doing a bit more digging before wasting your time writing this rubbish. I suggest

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Peter Bengtsson
I walk away frustrated and angry. Not a good thing. [5] I have a neat idea for a Zope product so I start coding it up. I find some bits and pieces on the web and try installing them, only to find that parts of my product have a name collision with parts of their product. Products aren't

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Andrew Milton
+---[ Chris Withers ]-- | http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=numpty I'm so glad the word 'numpty' is making a comeback. Not so much a fan of the modernised 'numptard' variant though. -- Andrew Milton [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Dario Lopez-Kästen
Chris Withers said the following on 11/13/2006 12:11 PM: Hafeliel wrote: If you could, please take a moment to surf on over to http://zopereplacement.wikidot.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=numpty Try doing a bit more

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Garito
Peter Bengtsson escribió: I walk away frustrated and angry. Not a good thing. [5] I have a neat idea for a Zope product so I start coding it up. I find some bits and pieces on the web and try installing them, only to find that parts of my product have a name collision with parts of their

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Chris Withers
Dario Lopez-Kästen wrote: yeah, I can see how this kind of attitude draws lots and lots of new followers to zope. This guy doesn't want Zope, he wants something lighter like Django or Pylons. He might find what he's looking for in Zope 3... I am sure that treating him like dirt under our

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Andrew Milton
+---[ michael nt milne ]-- | yeah, I can see how this kind of attitude draws lots and lots of new | followers to zope. | | Quite right. It's an ignorant attitude and one that itself deserves the label | that it is prescribing. It's been prevalent for a long time on this

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Andreas Jung
+---[ michael nt milne ]-- Quite right. It's an ignorant attitude and one that itself deserves the label that it is prescribing. It's been prevalent for a long time on this list. The whole attitude here is one of sneering and schoolboy name calling. You should

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread michael nt milne
You should post only if you have something to say. You did not and youcan't comment on the content of the wiki.Of course I had something to say. What nonsense. And sure I had a look at the Wiki as well and am entitled to comment. Just because I don't have the high level of authority that many

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread michael nt milne
Great. Thanks. On 11/13/06, Andreas Jung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On 13. November 2006 17:16:14 + michael nt milne[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You posted again without significant content. And please: don't start a new thread for every reply. Learn to use your mail application properly. So did

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-13 Thread Ricardo L. A. Banffy
The problem is the original poster (Hafeliel) did not make a credible effort to learn Zope in his years of experience with the tool (as taking more than two years not to figure out bobobase_modification_time makes painfully clear) before complaining about it with a public site full of inaccurate

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-12 Thread Andreas Jung
--On 12. November 2006 08:47:25 -0800 Hafeliel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realize that this post might cause a bit of anxiety, and so I apologize for that in advance. However, despite all the blood, sweat, and tears that we've all poured into Zope over the years, Zope has yet to make a

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-12 Thread Perry Smith
On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Hafeliel wrote:I realize that this post might cause a bit of anxiety,and so I apologize for that in advance.  However,despite all the blood, sweat, and tears that we've allpoured into Zope over the years, Zope has yet to makea signifigant market penetration.If you

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-12 Thread Hafeliel
--- Andrew Milton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having a hard time working out what your problem is. If anything, the Zope developers have given us too much. In an attempt to protect us from ourselves, they have severly limited what we can do. That's my fault. I can see a problem and I

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-12 Thread Andrew Milton
+---[ Hafeliel ]-- | --- Andrew Milton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | I'm having a hard time working out what your problem | is. | | If anything, the Zope developers have given us too | much. In an attempt to protect us from ourselves, | they have severly limited what

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-12 Thread Andrew Milton
+---[ Hafeliel ]-- | | Exactly. The whole point of a tool is to make it easy | to get from point A to point B. PHP presumes that the | code is to be trusted and doesn't stand in the way. | Zope presumes that the code is suspect and is | desperate to keep me from getting

Re: [Zope] Zope Alternative

2006-11-12 Thread Paul Winkler
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 05:54:35PM -0600, Perry Smith wrote: Also... I don't watch this email with an eagle eye, but why haven't you just asked? These guys are terrific at answering questions and pointers. Watch: What module should I look at to help track down where the attributes