It doesn't look like the author is ill informed at all. Although, it does appear he isn't quite up-to-date. For example, he suggests laying off more people now that the MX products are out. It should be well known now that MM has recently informed employees of upcoming termination dates. Some departments will be losing close to 40%. Further, it doesn't matter how good MM's products currently are if people aren't buying them. For many companies, their existing MM products work just fine and they perceive the MX line to be a step back. It is a simple fact that many people feel more comfortable with CF 5 than CFMX and find CF Studio more productive than DMX.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ V: 415-577-8070 F: 415-341-8906 P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Brunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:26 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Ill informed was RE: Article: A Wealth of Woe at Macromedia > > Well put Isaac, I found the article itself badly written ill-informed and > contradictory. To say that the last things business would be considering > at > present is nonsense. Macromedia has without doubt the best suite of Web > Application development tools ever offered by one single vendor. How on > earth Adobe gets mentioned in the same breath is beyond me, for instance > ever suffered the joy of waiting for some 2-3 page .pdf file to load in a > browser. > > What blows my mind off the planet was the authors total lack of knowledge > of > our business, what he obviously has no idea of is the pace of legacy > application to web application development going on. Obviously this in > mostly behind closed doors as most are Intranet type apps. > > As Isaac mentioned the ways of the Stock Market are weird and wonderful > and > in my opinion make Las Vegas look tame. I just wish there was some way to > respond to the bloody article, one persons opinion can do so much damage > and > let's not forget Macromedia's woes could easily become ours. I'm pretty > frustrated by it all. > > Kind Regards - Mike Brunt, CTO > Webapper > http://www.webapper.com > Downey CA Office > 562.243.6255 > AIM - webappermb > > "Webapper - Making the NET work" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:00 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Article: A Wealth of Woe at Macromedia > > > > Sorry for the rant... > > Actually I think it was very well said... Reminds me of the comment > another > friend of mine had about politics and poling. He said, the problem isn't > necessarily that politicians never listen or pay attention. It may be that > they have far too readily available access to the every fleeting whim of > the > general public which makes it difficult to see what is important amongst > the > deluge of information... I'm inclined to think the stock market is much > the > same -- probably 90%+ of the data that's collected, charted, etc. for > stock > market trends is rediculous, useless crap that nobody needs. It's seemed > to > me like most of the folks involved haven't grasped the relatively simple > concept of buying low and selling high, so beyond that what is all the > extra > data going to do for them anyway? > > I should talk tho... I don't personally own any stock. > > Isaac Dealey > > new epoch > www.turnkey.to > 954-776-0046 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.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
