On Monday, Nov 11, 2002, at 06:38 US/Pacific, Greg Bullough wrote: > So know we know MM's policy on one-release- > back support. They don't do what's right: they > do what will not get them punished by losing > too many customers.
A lot of people are staying with Apache 1.3.x because many mission-critical modules are not stable on Apache 2.0.x: mod_perl for example (others have been mentioned on this list). The Apache group continue to release security patches for 1.3.x and it is certainly a stable platform. Since you seem determined to stick with CF5, I can't see why you'd want to introduce the risk of upgrading to Apache 2.0.x? Your criticism is illogical. > As such, MM has decided that Cold Fusion is the > wrong choice for mission-critical business applications, > because it will not have the kind of support that the > I/T industry expects. I think the availability today of ColdFusion (it's one word, by the way) on a variety of industrial-strength, enterprise class J2EE platforms makes your claim extremely dubious... Apache changed the structure of modules quite dramatically between 1.3.x and 2.0.x which is why several extremely popular modules do not currently work properly with the 2.0.x release. mod_coldfusion (CF5) has been replaced by mod_jrun (in CFMX) and they are very different beasts - mod_coldfusion was designed for Apache 1.3.x and mod_jrun was designed for Apache 2.0.x (and some folks, myself included, are finding it does not work reliably with Apache 1.3.x). As has been said here many times: business is demand-driven. If everyone who feels they need to upgrade their stable CF5/Apache 1.3.x environments to CF5/Apache 2.0.x (currently an unknown combination, in terms of stability) submits a request via the wish form, that will generate demand. I would personally recommend you either stay with CF5/Apache 1.3.x since it is a stable, well-known combination that many people are running successfully, or you upgrade to CFMX/Apache 2.0.x - instead of aiming for some halfway house. "Conform! Consume! Obey!" -- Mr Snaffleburger : http://www.matazone.co.uk/theotherside.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
