A Yankee Group report from Oct 2001 (AFAIK it's the latest on the topic) lists CF as the #2 platform used in IT infrastructure/intranet applications.
As for increasing the attractiveness of ColdFusion for high-volume large enterprise sites, we think we've taken a big leap forward on that by recently releasing CFMX for J2EE so that both existing and new CF apps can be scaled as a business's needs grow. IBM is marketing this to its customers, in addition to the other flavors of it which are available. Vernon Viehe ColdFusion Community Manager Developer Relations Macromedia, Inc. Online diary: http://vvmx.blogspot.com/ -------------------- Macromedia DevCon 2002, October 27-30, Orlando, Florida Architecting a New Internet Experience Register today at www.macromedia.com/go/devcon2002 -----Original Message----- From: Ken Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:24 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: The Hidden CF factor was RE: How Good is the Job Market for ColdFusion? Huh?! That makes no sense whatsoever. How does being "eminently suitable for high-volume sites" in any way negate the reality that it's widely used for internal applications? And, of course, internal apps are frequently far, far more data intensive than public sites and are heavily trafficked to boot. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Greg Bullough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: The Hidden CF factor was RE: How Good is the Job Market for ColdFusion? This whole 'Hidden CF Factor' sort of reminds me of 'Wagner's music is better than it sounds' or perhaps 'Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.' What hogwash! Basic statistics tell us that there is probably as much 'hidden' (read: 'intranet') ASP, PHP, and J2EE, proportionately, as their is CF. On the other hand if MM *insists* that CF is 'more pervasive than the visible penetration would indicate' then that puts the lie to what Allaire and MM have said all along...that CF is eminently suitable for high-volume sites in which usage patterns are unpredictable. In all, they can't have it both ways, now can they? :-) Greg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
