>"staff frankly admits that the CF community is by far a TINY fraction of >their income base" > >Strange since CF is their #1 focus. >
Yeah? With all the MX family, CF is just one to many... In an "unofficial" quote it was stated here on this list that apparently the vast majority of CF developers use the free version and therefor the revenue is not there. This came up during our recent pleas to optimize the CF Tag gallery for the CF community rather and the reason it is the way it is has to do with the fact that the majority of users are made up of "all the MM client base, which dwarfs the CF base. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 12 September 2003 17:07 >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: Any way to get Homesite+ 5.5 without Dreamweaver? > > > >Question - if you were forced to buy DWMX to get a new copy of Studio - > >why would this upset you if the cost was _less_ than it was before? It's > >obvious that Macromedia has NOT abandonded CFS (now HS+), so I'm a bit > >confused as to how anyone can complain. Should Macromedia start selling > >HS+ separately at the old price? ;) > >Actually, YES. I have no need, desire, or willingness to have software >I'll never use on my computer. If it's tied together at the back end, then >it's potentially going to have install,upgrade, and bug implications as >well. > >Unbundled, stand-alone. Bundling and tying it in is what Microsoft has >been doing since day one, and I've always disagreed with it, though I've >adapted because it's the Operating system. > >Until MM unbundles HomeSite, I'll stay with my OLD stand-alone version, and >not shell out any more money. Lost revenue to Macromedia, yet their own >staff frankly admits that the CF community is by far a TINY fraction of >their income base, so they really have no motive from their view to ever >consider doing that which is purely in favor of the CF community in >anything other than CF itself. > >SO - Why not bundle HomeSite with CF instead? Bet they never considered it! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 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
