[Linux-disciples] database design question

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:40:21AM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> Most CMS's are on steroids. I was assuming you wanted to do a filesystem 
> as a pedagogical exercise. If that's not the case, you definitely 
> shouldn't bother with it. I would start with ZOPE because I know you 
> have objects in your blood. Figuratively.

I despise Zope. I would advise anyone against using it for
anything complicated.

If your needs are simple, though, Zope is fine. Just use
Plone out of the box. But building large-scale systems with
Zope sucks. I tried. I will never do it again. It is old and
crufty.

A very smart colleague of mine advised me against using
CMSes if I can at all avoid it. So there may be a larger
"what are you after" question here, namely: why do you need
a CMS?

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