Original Message ----------------------- 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.
------------- Like COM? I do agree a wide skill set is good. I often wish I had more hours in the day to work with Java and PHP, but I seem to be able to consistently keep myself busy creating new things and new ways to do things with the 4-5 languages I use primarily ( CF, SQL, Javascript, HTML/CSS ) -- I like Flash also, but haven't yet seen any reasonably accessible / easy ways to accomplish many of the things I do with CF and dhtml. As a result, if I had to lose one (not that I'd want to lose either), I'd rather lose the one that MS is less likely to abandon if they were to acquire MM, but I think you're right, I think a Sun counter-buyout is probably more likely. I'd be a little surprised by a buyout from either IBM or Oracle because I see them as having less to gain by preserving an abstraction for the Java language which makes it more accessible to the general populace. Both companies to me seem to bank largely against the idea that anything should be done in a simple / easy manner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
