Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:02:37 -0500 From: GH <grasshacker@linkfast.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OSS, Sun, GPL, random ramblings Message-ID: <20000831160237.B79955@linkfast.net> In-Reply-To: <200008311541.IAA01995@usr06.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 03:41:50PM %2B0000 References: <20000830000414.A56358@linkfast.net> <200008311541.IAA01995@usr06.primenet.com>
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 03:41:50PM +0000, some SMTP stream spewed forth: > > > Crossing that barrier, we have documentation. One of the most > > > intriguing, yet piss-poorly documented OSS projects is ZOPE. I > > > would really have liked to use it for a project, but of course > > > I had to go with PHP instead; much less interesting, much higher > > > overhead (it's going to cost me ~$36,000 in extra hardware), but > > > > > > Why would PHP rather than ZOPE cost ~$36,000 in *extra* hardware? > > That sounds like a lot of equipment even just for performance(?), > > storage(?) differences... > > It will cost me another machine, since I will have to use network > seperation to establish an artificial protection perimeter so > that a compromise of my interface services doesn't compromise > any other security. If I had the ZOPE security model available, > which is a capabilities based model, I would not have to worry > about a UI-based compromise. > I see. I thank you for the clarification. I have tried looking into Zope, and I see what you mean about (lack of) documentation. It took far too long just to find out what the heck it is supposed to do. Zope sounds interesting; hopefully I can learn enough about it just by playing. Dan > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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