I think the root issue though is that since those products are free, they have no interest in maintaining compatibility with Macromedia. Macromedia has to keep up with them. That would be the trade-off I guess, although I'm sure they have thought about this.
The Java JRE can be upgraded whenever you want though. The first thing I've been doing is upgrade to the newest SUN JRE on my installs. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, August 12, 2002, 6:11:16 PM, you wrote: DA> There have been several threads about upgrading CFMX to work with the DA> latest: DA> Apache server DA> Axis DA> Java DA> and there are probably some other 3-rd party products that CFMX DA> interfaces/depends upon DA> From what I gather from reading these threads, the "common problem" with DA> upgrading to the latest version of these products is that the interface DA> to them is proprietary Macromedia code? DA> If this is true, will we be forever behind on upgrades of these 3-rd DA> party products until MacroMedia can update its proprietary interface DA> code an then combine this with other CFMX maintenance releases? DA> If so, this sounds like a very poor environment to deploy production web DA> sites. DA> Thoughts? ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

