You can sit here and complain that MS is the bad guy, but they are not the company you have put your faith in. I know I have the unpopular view on this list as anti-MM, but I can tell you that if MS owned Flash, you wouldn't have to worry about it being sold again. Same goes for Cold Fusion. You could rest assured that the technology and education you put into MS will still be viable in 20 years. Which is something only a fool would say about Cold Fusion or Flash which are both still in their relative adolescence.
Quite frankly, MS offers developers security. Something that MM and Allaire have failed quite miserably at (IMO). Rest assured though, we will probably not fall to the evil empire. If acquiring MM is a bid to diminish J2EE, I would expect IBM or Sun to offer a merger to counter an MS acquisition. After all, they both seemed to have invested a great deal in Cold Fusion and its J2ee developers. Although I still tell every CF developer I meet to learn a new language. Bottom line is that a broader skill set is never a detriment. Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: MS CF? nah - no pitying required :) So how would selling your MS shares after MM was acquired not be reinforcing your opinion below? You would both be voicing your disapproval to MS and be profiting from it. Seems silly as an investor to voice your opinion before hand based on internet speculation from the Register. Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > Well, welcome to America where you vote means nothing unless > there is an > amount of money tied to it. I buy stocks in companies where I > like their > business practices, think they have good products, and > approve of how they > treat their staff. > > Sometimes I loose money, often I make money. Because in the > end how you run > your business is how you wind up being treated - in this > world or the next. > > I disapprove of a lot of Microsoft's business practices, and > I think they > are an ethically bad company. They make money - yes - but > that is all they > do. > > Plus I sleep *really* well. > > ALL IMHO as it is my funny green pieces of paper that we have > put value on. > > (If you think it's all about the money - I pity you) > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:39 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > Why would you sell it? I'm no Wall St. slickster, but > wouldn't you make out > well if you were suddenly in possession of $54 MS stock in > exchange for your > $11 MM shares? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:32 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > Ha, from the Robertson-Ravo news source :) > > > > Guess now I *don't* have to sell my Macromedia stock, whew! > > > > Rob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:04 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > its not > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 23 December 2002 17:07 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > Please tell me this isn't true. > > > > Rob > > > > http://treebeard.sourceforge.net > > http://ruinworld.sourceforge.net > > Scientia Est Potentia > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:07 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: MS CF? > > > > > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28667.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 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
