>
> I predict that Macromedia is going to sell off ColdFusion
> within the next 2 years. Their product portfolio is too
> diversified and their customer segments have very little in
> common - Flash, ColdFusion, Director, Fireworks, Breeze, and
> now Flex - very different developer communities.
I don't understand statements like this
Look at Microsoft's portfolio - they have MANY diverse products, some of
which have effect completely different markets, yet they continue to
produce them
Why wouldn't a company the size of Macromedia want to continue to
produce products like ColdFusion? If they're making new versions of the
product, would this indicate that they're going to continue with it?
If you think they're going to back away from it, and other products,
then I suggest you switch to a product that you KNOW isn't going to be
dumped, as it's open-source. That'll discount ASP.NET then as Microsoft
COULD possibly get rid of that... Oh, and you'd better avoid other
non-open-source products, so that also includes IIS as Microsoft could
dump that as well
In fact you had better avoid any company which sells a product as they
could drop their support, and only use open-source applications, but
what database server does that leave you with? mySQL is retail, as is
SQL Server, Oracle, and any of the other "major" ones - support for them
could be dropped by the current company
Or you can just enjoy using ColdFusion as it is now, with it's great
community support, and stop complaining that MM "might" drop their
support for a product that they only purchased a couple of years ago
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