Julia Angwin ought to try something called research the next time she wants to write a book.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Jeffrey Ep wrote: > > I've always been interested in how and why MySpace changed from ColdFusion > to ASP.NET. I've just seen a new book by Julia Angwin called "Stealing > MySpace: The Battle to control the most popular website in America." Here > is what she has to say about the change: > > Around 2004, MySpace was hitting its max loads and faced major upscaling > and server farming. In discussing that, Angwin writes: > > "At the same time, MySpace was contemplating finally transitioning from > ColdFusion, the programming language it had started with, to the more robust > ASP.NET Microsoft programming language. ColdFusion was a programming > language for quick and dirty websites, not for heavy-duty database > applications. Intermix board member Andrew Sheehan, who had joined MySpace's > fledgling board, helped MySpace get some discount software licenses from > Microsoft." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309371 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
