-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jim Fulton wrote: > Christian Theune wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> although Zope runs on platforms different than Linux, we'll have a hard >> time to certify it on multiple platforms. Usually a very specific system >> configuration is given, like "Windows 2003 with Service Pack XY and >> Hotfixes A, B and C". >> >> I think we can get around that by making a small amount of assumptions >> on the Linux kernel (e.g. large file support, memory, newer than 2.X.Y) >> and don't go into distribution details. Additionally I'll describe the >> source installation as the certified way of installing Zope, so we won't >> be depending on any kind of package machinery. >> >> So my question is: Does anybody think it will be a problem for Zope >> beeing CC certified only on Linux? > > > Yes. The customers of ours most likely to care about this > use Windows.
Heh, irony noted, given that *no* Windows certifications exist except for machines not connected to the network. > I would say in general, for better or worse, the decision makers who > would care about CC would also care about Windows. I suspect that the > decision makers who care about linux would me likely to understand > that the platform doesn't matter that much and that certification for > Windows should make them feel warm and fuzzy about their Linux > installations. I like the language Christian found about "virtualizing" the problem (through the JVM, in IBMs case, or through Python in ours). I don't know whether TUV will allow Zope to take such an approach. Frankly, given our "trust the filesystem implicitly" approach, we want to say something like: "we run on any of the following CC-approved OSes." If Windows gets a CC certification (or maybe I missed it, and they have one already for a box with a plugged-in NIC), they we should be fine the run on it. Tres - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 202-558-7113 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDos4H+gerLs4ltQ4RAq+BAJ0as+CUluRz79FuYt9DskWoUnee+gCgzjwd RSGDRwf6e75UnAasbQI/Tg4= =RUuI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org Unsub: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/options/zope3-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com