From: "Philip Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 7:09 AM
Subject: RE: Macromedia.com running on top of Mach II
> > I think this is another example of where *you* believe Macromedia
> > screwed up.
>
> No disrepect meant here Christian, but there are a few of us here who
> are of the opinion that MM selecting MachII to use on their site is a
> glowing endorsement of the framework
but...MM didn't select MachII to use on their site. Sean and his team
selected MachII to use on the parts of MM's site that they are responsible
for. Unless I misunderstand the dynamic, that doesn't represent MM and
their entire site/corporation (?).
Nowhere on MM's site does it say, "Proudly built with Mach-II", or "Now with
75% more Mach-II", or anything that would imply that MM as a company is
endorsing the framework.
Sure, I take the use of MachII as a glowing endorsement by Sean of the
framework, but that's hardly been kept a secret, as Sean's involvement has
been out in the open from the get-go.
As far as the various comments regarding Sean's coding standards document, I
can absolutely see where people could mistake this for "The Gospel according
to MM". However, there are no links (that I am aware of) from the livedocs
(or anywhere else on MM's site) to this document. It does not say anywhere
on the document that this is "The Gospel according to MM". Even so, I
concede that it's easy enough to misinterpret, and the document should be
presented (to the public, at least) from Sean's personal site.
I'm gonna side with the folks who have suggested that MM is in a no-win
situation here. If they had created their own framework, people would have
been clamoring for it to be made public, as it would be taken as the "right
way" to code CF. If they implemented no framework whatsoever, they would
have lost whatever advantages the framework provides (faster development,
easier development within a group, etc).
When it comes right down to brass tacks, the MM site is no different than
any other Web site. It is there to convey information, and gather feedback.
The method by which that end is accomplished should be up to the developers,
as it is up to us with our own sites.
Charlie
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