Alan Runyan and the Rise of Plone - an Open Source CMS

I'm feeling a little nervous today because I have a question on my mind about this interview topic - the Plone CMS and one of the orginal developers, Alan Runyan. Namely, how do I do justice to the work of hundreds of developers around the world who have put so much of their time into creating a content management system (CMS) for the Open Source community?
 
On this show you will meet Alan Runyan, CEO and President of Enfold Systems Inc. in Houston, Texas. Alan is one of three very creative and highly motivated individuals who spawned this 'Plone CMS' idea and helped build a global community.  In this interview I ask Alan:

 
 - What was your personal motivation for creating a content management system (CMS) like Plone?
 
 - What's the buzz about the Plone community?
 
 - Why didn't you use PHP and mySQL?
 
 - What's new in Plone versions 2.2 and 2.3 this year?
 
 - What's the history of Enfold Systems Inc., and how does the company interconnect with the Plone community?
 
 So what's this Plone thing anyway?
 From WIKIPEDIA on Plone:

 A content management system written in the Python programming language. It is based on Zope. Plone is free software and is designed to be extensible. It can be used as an intranet or extranet server, a document publishing system, and a groupware tool for collaboration between separately located entities.
 
 The Plone project was started in 1999 by Alan Runyan, Alexander Limi, and Vidar Andersen. It has quickly grown into one of the most popular and powerful open-source content management systems in the world. In 2004, the Plone Foundation was formed to protect and promote the use of Plone.
 
 Plone is released under the GNU General Public License. It is built on top of the open-source application server Zope and the accompanying Zope Content Management Framework, which has thousands of developers around the world supporting it. Plone development is often furthered by periodic Plone Sprints. 

The name Plone is in homage to the Warp Records band Plone from 1996, an electronica band.  So why in the world did I pick Mozart piano music from Magnatune for this podcast? Well, I just did. I wanted this to be less driven and more contemplative, I suppose. The artist is Andreas Haefliger - I hope you enjoy his playing as much as I do. 
 
Enough of all that! Let's talk with Alan and get to know him and this CMS called Plone better.
 
Tom