hi there Smith Ray schrieb: > * Runs on Windows NT/2000 only. (Zope can + many others) yes > > * Uses MS IIS only (I believe Zope can use IIS + built in web server + > others) apache, zserver, iis > > * Uses MS SQL Server (I believe Zope can + built in DB + others) zope with mysql, postgresql, informix, ... > > * Allows non technical people to create content plus add users / managers > etc without any HTML knowledge or knowledge outside of the package. product: IEMethod wysiwyg even in internet explorer. really great! check it out > > * Has good security system allowing users to belong to groups which > "may" have different content. Also managers have profiles allowing > the restriction of content and actions performed. no problem > > * Has a news module with multiple classes of news. products: ZDocumentStore, ... > > * Has a basic calendar system. products: EventFolder (very powerfull), EvTracker (very simple) > > * Has a basic messaging system. > > * Has a basic knowledge base ... allows free format text to be entered > and later searched. "Catalog" > > * Allows external documents to be loaded associated with a group where > keywords can be manually entered. > These documents can then be opened or downloaded if users have correct > permissions. easy to realize i assume > > * Basically all content added can be added to specific groups, and if > you don't have access that that group you don't have access to that > content. right (roles, users, acl-user-folders) > > There are probably a few things I missed but you get the idea. > > The cost thrown up in the air was in the order of $AUS20,000 for a > 3 year rental, per site!!!! (At the moment that is about $US35,000) > When you start talking dozens of sites you quickly start looking > for alternatives! they must be jokeing > > My initial thought was Zope, I knew it existed and assumed with > a good design and few months work a could produce similar results > with a fraction of the costs. > > Okay, sorry for the long email ... my questions ... > > Are there any "Intranet" type packages which have similar > functionality to what I have quickly described? just go create it, 4 weeks and you know how it goes. > > If I had to build something like this myself would Zope be the tool > of choice? (I'm assuming it would be since I'm on a Zope list!) absolutely > > How long (rough estimate) would something like this take to develop > for a Zope newbie? > (Assume say 10 viewable screens and 10-20 maintenance screens with > 5-30 fields per screen. I have programming (Cobol, VB, etc), HTML, > DB and analysis experience) about 3 months to make it decent olaf -- soli-con Engineering Zanger Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Olaf Marc Zanger Lorrainestrasse 23 3013 Bern / Switzerland Fon: +41-31-332 9782 Mob: +41-76-572 9782 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soli-con.com
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