[Typo3] Typo3 vs Plone. What are strenghts and weaknesses?

[robert]

Anoop,
thanks "for tuning in".

I seems that I can not wait till my request to lengthen the day an other 
coupple of hours is granted..
I am awaiting Michaels suggestions. In any case I intend to start the 
blog this week.

Robert

Anoop Atre wrote:

>To add my two-cents (or euro equivalent : ) in addition to all that's
>been said prior on this thread:
>
>I recently (in CMS speak ~6 months) started using/learning Typo3.
>Zope/Plone was the ONLY other CMS/framework I considered, here are a
>few simple reasons I chose Typo3:
>
>1. I'm more familiar with PHP than Python (Mailman being one of the
>bigger Python code I've looked through)
>
>2.Plone requires more installations to get going (since I'm right now
>the sys-admin/web-monkey/* it's too many hats and then there is
>maintanence)
>Typo3 had PHP as the only requirement.
>
>3. Zope/Plone 'seemed' to be juggernauts for resources.
>Typo3 not as much BUT did I stress test either before making a choice NO : )
>
>4. Plone I thought would work great in a >enterprise situation with
>money to throw at hardware (I was attacted to the load
>balancing/replication/staging/versioning ideas).
>Typo3 for the available features seemed a better option (it has some
>of these and other's will come in the future but is currently lagging
>behind (?) I think in those areas or who knows someday the small
>college I work at can can fund development!).
>
>Plone sites look slick as can be and DIDN'T as I recall seem like
>"*Nukes or Slashdot than TYPO3" then again Typo3 takes up most of my
>small brain now : )
>
>Robert/Michael I'd be VERY interested in your 'project' and will
>assist by blog-comment-spamming when I get a chance.
>
>Cheers
>
>~
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