Version 7 was the last version that Adobe had any influence on me. Since then, my deploys have been to either BlueDragon or Railo servers.
Then again, I think my last *new* app on CF was around version 7 time too ;) On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > +100000000000000000! > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> 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:359808 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
