If the PHP community finds a better way to interact with Flash, ColdFusion Development will be in trouble.
If Flash is serious about being the next Generation Web Interface, they must introduce an application that makes it easy to generate "Dynamic" RIA. What we are doing now is like using perl and .cgi scripts to generate HTML. Allaire figured out a better way to bridge the �gap� and walla - we have the ColdFusion dynasty. When Macromedia abandoned ColdFusion Studio and tried to force us to adopt Dreamweaver or Homesite+ I thought they were a little insensitive. But when Macromedia introduced �Contribute� is was insulting. Trust me. People attracted to �Contribute� will not be the people that build RIA. Furthermore, people attracted to Dreamweaver will not be the community to build RIA. I don�t even believe that Flash Designers will be the builders of generation RIA. To really make the RIA thing work, Macromedia, or some one, will have to give us ColdFusion developers a development environment that works and one that leverages our hard earned ColdFusion competencies and listen � �Dreamweaver MX� is not it. Dreamweaver competes with FrontPage for the FrontPage sort off developer. ColdFusion Developers are not the �FrontPage� sort of people. �HEY MACROMEDIA IF YOU ARE LISTENING, HERE�S A STRATEGIC THOUGHT� !!!! Please Remember us ColdFusion Developer Guys !!! If you help us out we can help you make this RIA thing a reality. Right now you are wasting resources helping the wrong people. Revitalize ColdFusion Studio and integrate some mechanisms to create and manipulate Flash Components. ============================ Dwayne Cole, MS in MIS, MBA Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer "It can truely be said that nothing happens until there is vision. But it is equally true that a vision with no underlying sense of purpose, no calling, is just a good idea - all "sound and fury, signifiying nothing." The Fifth Discipline - Peter Senge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
