[rodelrod]

This is how I was seeing things play out in the early 2000's: — Python Programmers: why do we still have to be doing this in php/Perl/JSP/ASP when Python exists? — The World: here's Zope — Python Programmers: is that supposed to be joke?

Then in 2003 WSGI showed up and it was a matter of time, leading to the years of wilderness that you describe until Django won out. I confess that I was more team Pylons, but happily conceded.