[CPS-devel] Nuxeo switches to Java tecnhnologies

[Stefane Fermigier]

Hi all,

here is an announcement that will come as a surprise: Nuxeo is  
switching to Java technologies for its upcoming product line.

As you know (http://blogs.nuxeo.com/sections/blogs/eric_barroca/ 
2006_04_26_open-source-ecm-cps-platform-4-yellowcake-teaser), we have  
started 6 months ago to include Java technologies into CPS. This  
solution is satisfactory for our current needs, but we need to think  
about the future. We had started to study several technological  
options for CPS' future, including comparing the progressive  
migration to Zope 3 (the path we had chosen initially) with a 100%  
pure Java option.

Our final analysis is that switching to Java, if you take into  
account the respective maturities of the Java EE open source and Zope  
3 platforms, will be easier and provide more value than a switch to  
Zope 3.

We also think that with Java 5, modern IDEs like Eclipse, and with  
all the open source ecosystem that has appeared on Java since the  
last 5 years, it is much more enjoyable to develop in Java than it  
used to be 5 years ago when we started.

We have discussed this choice with some of our partners and  
customers, and they all support us in this decision. Jean-Marc  
Orliaguet has also agreed with this strategy, has started porting  
CPSSkins to Java, and will join us next week in Paris for a sprint on  
the Web part of the project.

The next version of CPS will be called "Nuxeo 5". You will find there  
all the key features of CPS, a modern architecture based on  
extensible components and services, and scalability and integration  
options that were not possible with a "pure Python" architecture.

Please check the following FAQ:

http://www.nuxeo.org/about/java-switch

Here is the roadmap for the project:

http://www.nuxeo.org/about/roadmap

More information:

- The new webste: http://www.nuxeo.org/
- The code base: http://svn.nuxeo.org/trac/nuxeo
- The developers mailing list: http://lists.nuxeo.com/mailman/ 
listinfo/ecm

If you would like to join us in this new endeavor, please join the list.

If you want to stay in the Zope world, it's your legitimate right and  
a sensible choice if CPS (or other Zope-based platforms) fit 100% of  
your needs. The CPS mailing lists will stay open and our team is  
still available for the time we will keep on supporting CPS, that is  
3 years (at least).

If you have questions, please start by reading the FAQ.

Thank you, hopefully, for your support.

   S.

--
Stefane Fermigier, CEO, Nuxeo SAS
Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Web: http://www.nuxeo.com/ - Tel: +33 1 40 33 79 87


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