The thing to keep in mind is that Jeremy was not actively developing or even involved in ColdFusion day to day at Macromedia. He was in charge of other projects, and his involvement with ColdFusion was generally on a pretty high level. Jeremy has been made Founder Emeritus and his name will forever be associated with ColdFusion, so I think it is fair to say that he will continue to contribute on a high level. Meanwhile, everyone who actively develops ColdFusion and helps to manage that development process in both Newton and San Francisco continue their work.
Another thing to keep in mind is that ColdFusion was the primary reason for the merger between Macromedia and Allaire, and ColdFusion has become the core of Macromedia's application strategy. ColdFusion is no less of a focus now than it was the day the merger was first conceived. We have put a lot of time, money, and energy into this application strategy, and we are completely dedicated to it. I respect Jeremy's decision, and if he is happy with it, then it is the right decision. I think this excerpt from his weblog posts says it all: "But after eight-years of being deeply focused on the world of Internet application software platforms, I'm ready to move on." We wish him the best of luck and will follow his future projects with great enthusiasm. Christian On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 11:18 AM, Bryan F. Hogan wrote: > I guess we can fall back on BlueDragon :| > > ============================================ > Bryan F. Hogan > Director of Internet Development > Macromedia Certified ColdFusion MX Developer > Digital Bay Media, Inc. > 1-877-72DIGITAL > ============================================ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tangorre, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:01 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Jeremy Allaire leaving MM > > > exactly. > > *blows dust of C# books* > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrocknaphobia Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:57 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Jeremy Allaire leaving MM > > > Man. I'm happy for Jeremy. Hopefully he can spend more time at home > with > his family now. But I must say that I'm extremely skeptical about the > future of CF developers. Up until about a year ago, MM only catered to > developers. I always felt that it was Jeremy who was watching out for > our interests. I really hope a lot of his principals have rubbed off on > MM. > > But if Jeremy really thinks this is such an exciting time for the > internet and blah blah blah, and macromedia is so great blah blah blah, > then why pursue outside opportunities? Why not be a > "technologist/entrepreneur" for macromedia? > > Adam Wayne Lehman > Web Systems Developer > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > Distance Education Division > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:40 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Jeremy Allaire leaving MM > > Will he have another golden parachute in case he falls? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Surma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:33 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Jeremy Allaire leaving MM > > >> I'm not really surprised. J.J. (Jeremy's brother) was intergel to the >> company at first and lest a few years ago to pursue other >> oppurtunities > > During the stock bubble I was watching the insider trading on Allaire > stock. J.J. sold over 100 million dollars worth of Allaire stock. He > probably has 30 sherpas hauling his gear up a mountain in Tibet right > now. > > Lee Surma > 763-494-8301 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
