> I'll back you up. MM has a long history of abandoning products. Everyone
> seems to act like CF is invincible, yet it was sold by Allaire a little
> over a year ago.
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> Do you think MM will keep CF around if it starts to tank? Phat chance.
> If the software doesn't sail, these captains jump before the women and
> children. I know I'm not the only one who learned Generator. :)
>
MM bought Allaire, not because there was anything wrong with it, but because
there was so much right with it. When you can do as much and more with CFMX
and Flash MX than you could with Generator, with much less cost and far less
server overhead, why shouldn't you abandon Generator? The cfm/fla marriage
is perfect. Cost to performance and capability, it's positioned to be the
greatest thing since soft butter! If you've read the postings of people who
attended DevCon, you'll notice an extreme optimism among CF'ers. MM is
taking CF & Flash to the lead in a new wave of internet applications. And
the neat part is, MM is making it possible for PHP, ASP and Java to play
too! I was very skeptical when MM purchased Allaire. But they keep showing
me a stronger and stronger commitment. I have no trouble staying with MM.
They've shown that they are making CF one of their flagship products.
As for dropping a product when it's outlived its useful life, that's just
good business. That does not make a company bad. Generator's life had come
to an end when it became apparent that client side power was practicle with
the advances in Flash. CF is a much better server side solution to power
that. Dropping Generator was not a bad idea on MM's part. It was a very
good idea. Good business.
Dave
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