On Monday, Oct 14, 2002, at 19:30 US/Pacific, Dick Applebaum wrote: > Rather than have the chaos of Babel, at some point, if there are lots > of implementers of CFML, control of the (non-copyrighted) CFML language > should be placed in the hands on an independent entity.
Well, we told Sun that back in '97 and they said (quoting Jim Mitchell): "We do not want the disaster that is C++ to befall Java." There are sometimes good reasons not to hand a language over for standardization (I happen to think Sun were wrong here but...). "SOAP is not so much a means of transmitting data but a mechanism for calling COM objects over the Web." -- not Microsoft (surprisingly!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
