On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 08:17 PM, Ben Forta wrote: > Dick, > > Oh, I agree. CF should keep getting better (and I believe it has been > doing just that). > I've been on board since 3.0 and I totally agree -- the books are getting so big (and the type so small) I can hardly lift or read them!
> My only point is that they'll always be a better way to do something, > whether it is a small piece of code or a complex process, and whenever > that is the case the solution is to use the right add-on or extension > technology. I agree with that too. But, the less often you have to do that (leave CF), the greater the appeal of CF, from a business standpoint. Jesse made a good point that to support OS X, MM would have to get new machines, training, yadda, yadda, yadda -- 99% the same CF code, but a totally different environment. The same is true for MM's customers (and CF developers' clients) the costs tend to go up significantly (if not exponentially) if you have to introduce external components into a site (custom tags, objects, JSP code, etc -- they all have a cost) What about shared hosts -- you likely aren't allowed to do any of these things -- so you have to develop a CF-only solution? But you know all this! > > Fact of the matter is that CF has supported extensions ever since the > CFX API was added way back in CF2. Then came COM, CORBA, Java, etc. All > along there has been an understanding - CF cannot be the best at > everything, nor can any other language or technology or platform. > > So, yep, suggestions on how to improve CF are useful, and we'll keep > doing just that. Just don't expect CF to do it all, it can't and > frankly > it shouldn't. I believe you (MM) will continue to improve CF -- and I strongly support your efforts to do so! Dick > > --- Ben > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:14 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Jsp Vs Cfm (CFMX) -- Test Code > > > Aw, 'cmon Ben, one of the great advantages of CF is it can address a > broad range of applications -- all Joe wants do to is extend the range > & help MM sell into a broader range of solutions. > > Will MM get them all? --Never!. Can MM get more? All of us > certainly hope so! > > What if optimizing the code made CF a viable option to 20% more of the > market than they already have -- anyone of could sell the advantages of > CF over JSP into that marketplace! > > Geeze, I did it again! > > Dick > > > On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 07:47 PM, Ben Forta wrote: > >> Some parts of your app should not be written in CF, no one has ever >> said >> otherwise. Similarly parts of your app should not be written in Java. >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
