> Let me try again with the real suggestion i was trying to make, before
> the word "X10" shot me in the foot.
>
> Look at CF from another point of view....
>
> Instead of only CF accessing data through harddrives and Nic
> cards etc.... go for the serial port or USB ports and other
> hardware devices server side, these haven't been touched with
> CF. CF is just a toolbox, it started out being a way to access
> databases, but turns out to be a full programming language that
> someone with very little experience can get rolling in a matter
> of days. If accessing the USB port or serial port could be as
> easy as a one line CF tag you'd have my attention.
>
> X10 isn't the point, being able to use CF as the middle tier between
> some hardware device that is server side and the database or whatever
> else CF can talk to.
Nothing against Allaire, but I'm not sure I want them writing anything that
low-level!
Interestingly enough, there's nothing to stop you from using CF in that way
today. There are COM interfaces for some real-time management tools, which I
suspect you could automate through CF. Low-level device programming is
pretty far outside the scope of what Allaire does, and considering the
history of CFHTTP, CFMAIL, etc (which are high-level interfaces) I'd be
reluctant to have them tinkering with my server's USB port.
> btw.... stop shooting down my ideas and give Jesse something to think
> about.... he did ask for ideas.
I've got an idea - Advanced Security for Linux! I'd just love to throw the
Solaris boxes out the window. I'd like to see something to use in place of
Netegrity on Linux, since I'm not a big Netegrity fan anyway.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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