Vince brings up a good point. Certainly, a little competition would be good for ColdFusion and allow the evolution of CFML to be market driven instead of controlled by Macromedia. Sun has had great success with their JCP program because it allows for a single Java standard, but input from many different vendors. Critics of JCP may argue that it isn't true standardization like ECMA or ISO would provide, but I doubt anyone would prefer Sun didn't provide JCP at all.
I think it would be great if Macromedia started a similar program allowing for more formal input from the community. Such a program might even allow those of us who feel ignored by Macromedia to obtain more effective responses. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Bonfanti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:05 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: BlueDragon (was RE: How is CFMX J2EE implemented?) > > Yep, understood. That's why we're also planning to support the > GetPageContext() function (though not in the service pack). We're > hopeful that if we introduce anything that's truly useful in the way of > new tags or functions that Macromedia will choose to implement them in > CFMX. > > Here's an thought: do you have an idea for a favorite new CFML tag or > function, but your request has fallen on deaf ears? Let me know what it > is and I'll see if we can get it implemented in BlueDragon. That might > give Macromedia some incentive to also implement it in ColdFusion. > > Vince Bonfanti > New Atlanta Communications, LLC > http://www.newatlanta.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:47 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: BlueDragon (was RE: How is CFMX J2EE implemented?) > > > > > > Not that I think the idea behind the newly introduced tags > > are bad (in fact, quite the opposite) but I'm kind of > > surprised that you're introducing new tags at all. I realize > > that your intent with Bluedragon is probably not to be > > "cross-platform" compatible (backwards compatible?) with > > Macromedia's product, but this "splitting," if you will, of > > the CFML language kind of worries me. Kind of like the early > > M$ vs. Netscape days when each company would introduce their > > own variants of HTML. > > > > -- > > Mosh Teitelbaum > > evoch, LLC > > Tel: (301) 625-9191 > > Fax: (301) 933-3651 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
