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+.. sidebar::  A Foreword By Paul Everitt
+
+   Paul Everitt is a principal at :term:`Agendaless Consulting`.
+   Before this, he held the title of XXX at *Digital Creations*, which
+   ultimately became *Zope Corporation*.
+
+Fortunate.
+
+As I reflect upon the BFG web framework and this book by Chris to
+document it, I keep coming back to the same word.  Certainly the
+conventional wisdom is clear: "Don't we have too many web frameworks,
+paired with outdated books?"  Yes we do, but to the contrary and for
+that very reason, we are fortunate to have this book and this
+framework.
+
+Chris McDonough first came to work with us at Digital Creations almost
+a decade ago, just after there existed a Zope.  We were all pioneers:
+the first open source application server, one of the first open source
+web companies to get serious investment, and entrants in nearly every
+book and article about the open source space.  Zope wasn't just a
+unique business model, though.  It really was, as quoted at the time,
+one of the places where open source delivered fresh ideas in design
+and architecture.
+
+Then a decade happened.  Bubbles burst and the new new thing became
+the old new thing, many times in succession.  All of us changed jobs,
+worked on a variety of endeavors, and big dreams yielded to small
+realities.  Somehow, though the trajectory was unforeseen, we have
+orbited back to the same spot.  Older, wiser, but with similar ideas
+and familiar faces.  Back to dream again.
+
+We are fortunate to have BFG.  It really does carve out a unique spot
+in the Python web frameworks landscape.  It permits the core good
+ideas from Zope, while not requiring them.  Moreover, the reason
+you'll love it has less to do with Zope and more to do with the old
+fashioned stuff:
+
+- A superb commitment to outstanding and constantly updated documentation
+
+- An equal commitment to quality: test coverage, performance, and
+  documented compatibility
+
+- Adult supervision and minimalism in the design, with "pay only for
+  what you eat" simplicity
+
+For those of us from the Zope world, BFG permits our still-unique
+ideas while teleporting us into the modern world of Python web
+programming.  It is fascinating, liberating, and rejuvenating.  We are
+able to cast off old sins and legitimately reclaim the title of best
+damn game in town.  Quite a coup: whether you considered Zope but
+turned away, or became an adopter, you'll find BFG the new new new
+thing.
+
+We are also fortunate to have this book.  We never had such a resource
+in Zope, even though we funded the writing of the first book a decade
+ago.  In retrospect, the answer is obvious: a second group tried to
+retrofit a book onto code created by the first group.  The true magic
+in BFG is that the top-notch documentation is written by the same
+person as the top-notch code, a person with equal passion and
+commitment to both.  Rarely are we so fortunate.
+
+Which brings us to the final point.  We are fortunate to have Chris.
+I personally consider myself lucky to have worked with him and to be
+his friend this past decade.  He has changed my thinking in numerous
+ways, fundamentally improving the way I view many things.  He's the
+best person I know in the world of open source, and I get to be in
+business with him.  Fortunate indeed.
+
+I very much hope you enjoy this book and get involved with BFG.  We
+use it for applications as small as "hello world" demos up to
+scalable, re-usable, half-a-million-dollar projects.  May you find
+BFG, and the book, to be a high-quality, honest, and durable framework
+choice for your work as well.