of any framework or software on their site is not meant to be taken as an
official endorsement of it... which makes sense. I experiment with vendor
products on sites I build all the time... it doesn't necessarily mean I
endorse them, just that I'm checking out what they have to offer.
~Simon
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-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel R. Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 February 2004 19:11
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Macromedia.com running on top of Mach II
I think there's a difference between coming out and supporting a
framework/standard/whatever and using it themselves. Simply using a
framework for a portion of their own applications is not like they're
saying
everyone should use it. Quite to the contrary, none of the DRK code uses
fusebox or Mach-II and that's much more of an insight into Macromedia's
considered best practices (at least on the surface).
Sam
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:05 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Macromedia.com running on top of Mach II
>
> Of course, there is the point of view that Sun doesn't
> promote the use of any one framework or methodology. In fact,
> they don't even imply their preferred framework by making use
> of one. Further, even if any particular Java vendor promoted
> a specific framework it wouldn't have implications for the
> whole community since there is more than one vendor.
>
> At this point in time, the CFML community hasn't really
> accepted the multi-vendor paradigm we now find ourselves in.
> Thus, when Macromedia even implies a favorite that tells the
> community something very important. Personally, I think
> Macromedia would do better to stay away from getting involved
> with frameworks, methodologies, and standards. It is a no win
> situation since whichever effort they support, the other
> efforts will feel slighted. It shouldn't be that way...
> Macromedia should want to support everything and anything
> that the CFML community produces, but of course it is
> impossible to support everything.
> Therefore, they shouldn't support anything in particular.
>
> I think Sean Corfield's coding standards document is a
> perfect example of where a useful contribution has turned
> into something else entirely.
> There are many people who now consider the content of those
> documents to be official from Macromedia, which can't be
> further from the truth.
> Those documents didn't take into account the communities
> point of view; they were decided on by Sean and his team.
> Further, they don't even match the conventions used in CF's
> documentation over the years.
>
> -Matt
>
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