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["John Howe" <warlock@arashi.com>]

> Aloha,
>
>> I would like to suggest a plan in case Ibiblio is not immediately ready
>> to host ZOPE: in that case, I suggest we start right away to MYSQL
>> (apologies if the acronym is incorrect).  I think we should get started
>> on this project ASAP, and my understanding is that we can always
>> transfer
>> to ZOPE later on.
>
> Um, not in the object-based design mode that I think we have agreed on
> pursuing (Chad, RIch?).
> As they say in Maine, "you can't get there from here."  Well, not quite
> that bad, but it would be lots of duplication of effort.
> Zope can talk to MySQL, and a variety of other SQL DBs, but MySQL is not
> an object DB.
> There may be a product or two out there that lets for example zope/python
> objects be stored in a SQL DB, but it is a lot more overhead for all
> concerned, in both development and migration.
> I can't come up with a good relevant simile at the moment, but in general
> it's kind of an apples and oranges thing.
>
> I think I heard John H. offer to host a startup platform for us until
> ibiblio is ready.
> Anything done there can quite easily be transferred to ibiblio once they
> are ready, both the coding and the data.

Yes, I thought that was what I have been communication previously.
Development on arashi services also goes to establish operational
performance metrics for eventual migration to ibiblio...


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