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>> OK - What is eXo intended to be used for? What are its capabilities
>> and how well are they implemented?
>
> Well, two posts ago you sounded as if you knew this very well. I just
Not really. I did some reading on their site and have a pretty good idea
what it can be used for, but I don't think I could say I know in detail how
it can be used until I've actually dug into the documentation and tried out
the product a bit. (Also, I was responding to Roedy's point that some
people would be interested in the answer to that question.)
> took a look at the main page on SourceForge, and the answer seems to be
> "it's the kitchen sink." Such products tend to add a lot of upfront
Perhaps it's everything but the kitchen sink, or maybe everything and
the kitchen sink. :-)
> time to development, as the team tries to figure out the best way to use
> the kitchen sink. Are there specific benefits you expect to get from
> eXo?
Well, to start with, I would say at least: the use of a good Java-friendly
content management system. And help in developing Java web apps using good
frameworks and libraries that will save time and help us to develop
well-structured applications that will not be difficult or expensive to
maintain. It'd also be nice if the platform was friendly to the occasional
use of other languages, such as Perl. Good support for web services
development would also be nice.
However, you're the only one who has responded to my query so far. From
the research I've done on eXo so far, it appeared that it was a respected
platform with a pretty good user base; but it looks like either I was
wrong or its users don't frequent this newsgroup, or perhaps people who
have tried it don't like it and don't think it's worth reporting about.

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