> I know it's an older post, but did anyone see this blog entry by John Mason: > http://www.codfusion.com/blog/post.cfm/coldfusion-10-the-last-edition-from-adobe > I am rather astonished to see an article like this from a leader in the CF > Community.
I'm not sure why there is so much FUD in the ColdFusion community over the last year or so. As others have pointed out Adobe has a roadmap for at least two more versions over the next couple of years. There is a push to revitalize user groups. Railo is thriving and has committed to a decade of future development. There is a HUGE install base with applications that will need to be supported for many, many years to come. Yes, there are other technologies that are "sexier" than ColdFusion. Yes, there are situations where ColdFusion isn't the best, fastest, or cheapest solution. Yes, there are a number of things Adobe could/should be doing to make adopting ColdFusion cheaper/easier/better. Having said that, ColdFusion still has a long and glorious career ahead of it so I'm not at all worried about its future. Even if there were more nails in the coffin than not, I still wouldn't be worried. Why? Because I'm primarily a WEB developer, not a ColdFusion developer. It's my preferred tool, but if all of CF disappeared tomorrow I'd still be able to do my job. There will still be Windows and Linux servers to manage. There will still be a dozen other languages and platforms to work with. There will still be databases to architect. There will still be businesses that need applications developed on top of those platforms. Am I worried about ColdFusion's future? Not particularly. Am I worried about web development's future? Not at all. So please... can we stop all the FUD around ColdFusion and its greatly exaggerated demise? -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359801 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
