This comes around every few years, M$ has tried to buy Adobe before and it hasn't happened...
However I've got a couple of alternative scenarios if it did happen.. 1) M$, realizing that ColdFusion and Flash/Flex have a large installed market and is a far easier ramp up than .Net, keeps CF intact and moves .Net into the desktop realm. 2) Or in the event that M$ wants to kill both platforms, Adobe either sells CF to someone like Borland or SAS, or releases the source code as open source, CF lives on as a direct competitor to PHP and persists as a competitor to .Net Jus' speculatin'... -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:40 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Microsoft Bought Adobe Today? Victorias secret does. I mean... Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate. On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Casey Dougall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Maybe someday way down the road >> some VP at M$ might notice that CF is a competitive space with .NET, >> but considering the installed base they are more likely to try and >> integrate it than drop it. >> > > Sure are a lot of government establishments still using coldfusion... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328862 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
