FYI - This is now also being discussed on Slashdot. http://slashdot.org/articles/02/12/23/1223232.shtml?tid=109
-Cameron ----------------- Cameron Childress Sumo Consulting Inc. --- cell: 678-637-5072 aim: cameroncf email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:41 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against Java > > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28667.html > > Microsoft Corp is believed to have trained its acquisition > crosshairs on Macromedia Inc, lining up a deal that would > throw enterprise Java into a spin, Gavin Clarke writes. > Industry and analyst sources believe Microsoft covets San > Francisco, California-based Macromedia's Flash vector > graphics design tool and player, which was radically updated > this year. > Microsoft's own scripting efforts are regarded as relatively > inferior to the cross-platform Flash, which now supports XML, > Unicode, MP3 and HTML and which was taken closer towards Java > 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) in 2002. The Flash Player, > meanwhile, is compatible with most browsers and used on > nearly 90% of desktops. > ... More in the article > > > -- > Bill Wheatley > Senior Database Developer > Macromedia Advanced Coldfusion 5 Developer > Ediets.com > ICQ - 417645 > Aim - Bill Ediets > 954-749-5013 x159 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
