> Every complex software product I've ever seen has numerous bugs. You might want to take a look at some of the *.jar files.. and see how complex cfmx is...
> No, I don't have any theories, just observations. If there are two ways to > do something, and one works better than the other, I'll recommend the one > that works. How do you OR i know...what works... unless you spent a few un-productive hours testing for what works? If i spend alot of time reseaching work-arounds to a vendors software... What value is that vendors software to me?.. where is ROI? Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 12:21 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: The New Macromedia Website(ODBC) > > > > I am NOT saying "ANY".. software is not perfect!. We are > > not talking about one specific issue... CFMX has had numerous > > issues... (Check Updater Docs... if you want to start counting > > them) > > Every complex software product I've ever seen has numerous bugs. I'm not > sure why you'd expect CFMX to be any different. > > > > My solution is to find the best way to solve a problem. > > > If JDBC-ODBC doesn't work well in CFMX, but "pure" JDBC > > > does, my solution may well be to recommend "pure" JDBC. > > > > Yes.. JDBC is a Solution/Alternative.. Not a fix to the > > software(cfmx) BUG. > > > > Example...CFMX had COM Issues...am not sure where it > > stands now... Any COM functionality can be replicated > > very well through a Java Bean.. So in your theory... > > Instead of MM fixing COM issues... you probably will > > ask all your developers to re-write every COM in a > > Java Bean? > > > > You have really have interesting theories. > > No, I don't have any theories, just observations. If there are two ways to > do something, and one works better than the other, I'll recommend the one > that works. If I need COM interoperability, I might not recommend a CFMX > solution. For that matter, I might not recommend CF 5 for that, > either. But > I'm not going to wait for perfection from any vendor. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
