Yup.. Total agree.
| -----Original Message----- | From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:51 AM | To: CF-Talk | Subject: RE: MS CF? | | | MSFT offers developers security? You mean like the VB | developers they abandoned to launch VB.NET. Or the C++ | developers they abandoned for C#. Then of course there is the | various technologies they have abandoned in favor of | something newer that does the same thing only differently and | incompatible with the last like DAO, RDO, and COM. | | Matt Liotta | President & CEO | Montara Software, Inc. | http://www.montarasoftware.com/ | 888-408-0900 x901 | | > -----Original Message----- | > From: Adrocknaphobia Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:44 PM | > To: CF-Talk | > Subject: RE: MS CF? | > | > 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. 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