Unfortunately I can see that many would look at something like that as the latest salvo in the years long feud between Adobe/Macromedia and New Atlanta.
But I agree. The author didn't know programming. Perhaps someone should set her straight. On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is exactly the kind of thing that Adobe should meet head on, issuing a > statement calling her out on the accuracy of this statement. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:17 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: MySpace and ColdFusion > > > 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." > > [end of quotation] > > There it is, friends, in black and white. Gee, you wonder where they got > such a negative impression of CF's capabilities? > > Jeff E > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:309400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
