Was your email a response to my message? If it is, apparently I miscommunicated what I was trying to point. So, just to be clear, I am suggesting that DW will focus on other languages besides CF since CF is a declining market.
-Matt On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Joshua Miller wrote: > Frankly, I don't care if MM focuses DW entirely on the COBOL market ... > It's NOT CF, it's an IDE and a crappy one at that. It's an excellent > visual tool for building websites, but it's not so hot at being a > "programmer's IDE". It has potential as an IDE, but I personally can't > stand it. And yes, I used it for a month and still feel the same. > > Aside from that, how can you expect MM to drop everyone else just > because they own CF now? I'd prefer them to keep making money so they > can keep developing CF. They have to compete with the other offerings > out there - GoLive, FrontPage, VisualStudio, etc. You run a business > right? Would you drop all your old customers across several markets > because you got some new ones in one small market who screamed a lot? > > There's no reason to turn DWMX into a CF-only tool - how many people > out > there ONLY write CF? How successful do you think Macromedia would be if > they applied that kind of myopic principal to all of their products? > > Joshua Miller > Head Programmer / IT Manager > Garrison Enterprises Inc. > www.garrisonenterprises.net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (704) 569-0801 ext. 254 > > *********************************************************************** > * > ************* > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the sender states them to be the views of > Garrison Enterprises Inc. > > This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it > is > addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. If > you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this e-mail in error please delete it immediately and > advise us by return e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *********************************************************************** > * > ************* > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:48 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: DWMX 2004 - Whats new for us? > > >> Granted, I pretty much stopped using DW when MX rolled out, but lots >> of people love it. You can't expect MM to stop schmoozing it's >> pre-existing customer base and ONLY focus on CF. Seriously now, you >> don't want all those ASP and PHP folks spending their money somewhere >> else - the beauty >> of it is that all of those people who buy DW and use it to code PHP > and >> ASP are contributing to the future of MM and CF with their funds. >> > I disagree with the above statement. The market for ASP and PHP is > growing, while the CF market is shrinking. Certainly, there is reason > right now for Macromedia to support ASP, PHP, and CF, but at what point > does the size of each respective market force MM to focus DW on only > the largest markets, namely ASP and PHP? > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.MontaraSoftware.com > (888) 408-0900 x901 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
