HTML, SQL, PHP, SHTML,ASP, CFML, XML, HTTP, ALX, ACTIVE X, ODBC, COM, DCOM,
DHTML, OLE, JS, VBS... ET AL. very easy to get frustrated when you try to
pick the goose that lays the golden eggs from this list. Or can it be that
there is gold in all of them for the tech willing to be monogomous?
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Sheldon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:54 PM
Subject: RE: Are we in trouble?
>>>Now I am wondering if CF has a future.
>
>The short answer: No.
>
>The long answer: CF will be around awhile, but there's no doubt in my mind
>that Allaire will be gradually folding it into their Java products, which
>means that there will be little new development of CF as a language. We've
>already seen part of this. CFSCRIPT was intruduced in CF 4.0, and was a
>promising development in the language. CF 4.5 has come and gone, and not
>only were *no* improvements made to CFSCRIPT (and there were many
>improvements to be made), but it still languishes as the most undocumented
>part of CF. In short, if you want to keep doing cutting edge work, and you
>want to stay with Allaire, you'd best learn Java.
>
>Allaire should be VERY afraid of PHP.
>
>Michael J. Sheldon
>http://www.desertraven.com/
>Make a fast friend, adopt a greyhound!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Stendall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 17:06
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Are we in trouble?
>
>
>It seems all I used to hear about was ASP. Now all I hear about is PHP. I'm
>starting to get nervous... I like open-source solutions as much as anyone,
>but I also like Cold Fusion. I have a lot of time, energy and training
>invested in it. But if PHP does the same thing for free (I don't know it
>yet), nobody is going to buy CF.
>
>This innovation cycling is getting ridiculous. I was training for the NT4
>exam, but now with Win2000 out and NT4 exams deprecated, why bother? Now I
>am wondering if CF has a future. I can't learn anything before it becomes
>obsolete...
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