Computer Associates, ingres and zope/plone

[tom hanlon]

Colug,

I am still plugging away at zope/plone and the like. I came across some 
interesting information that I thought I would pass along.

First some general comments on zope and plone. I still have mixed 
feelings about the products but I have found that compiling from source 
against a modern python is the way to go with those tools. For a number 
of reasons having to do with the design of the product or with the 
nature of it's development some things in ZOpe/plone are just a lot 
harder to do than they ought to be. The products have enough redeemable 
characteristics that I am likely going to continue plugging away.

Here is the news. Computer associates has released some improvements to 
zope/plone.  CA calls their additions "enterprise enhancements" I have 
yet to play with them.

Here is the URL.
http://www3.ca.com/Press/PressRelease.asp?CID=59297
http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Collateral.asp?CID=59178
http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Collateral.asp?CID=59442

The enhancements make use of ingres instead of the ZODB. THis made me 
curious about licensing issues and I was glad to find that CA is open 
sourcing (is that a verb ? to open source) Ingres. Any ingres fans out 
there?

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16222


Tom