Sean, I definitely agree with you that Blackstone's features (even CFMX's feature set as well ) make it a very sophisticated server. No question about that. Having been a past member of Team Allaire (before the MM acquisition) and a CF instructor, I've been fortunate to have been involved in the early stages of many CF iterations and BlackStone will be a monumental leap forward.
That doesn't mitigate the fact that perception counts more for sales than feature set does. Microsoft has proven that over and over. CF has never truly been accepted as an Enterprise application server because of it's RAD legacy. It's viewed as a toy. I've had this debate over and over with so many people. Even people that were being sent to ColdFusion classes would have this debate with me until I sat them down and gave them a rundown of what was under the hood. In my area (South Florida), adoption of ColdFusion is almost nil. It was once a big player (especially during the dotcom craze) but has since fallen out of favor. I've heard on more than one occasion from middle managers and executive management staffers (CTOs, VPs of IT, et al) that they would choose PHP or ASP.Net over ColdFusion because of the cost. Perhaps it's limited to my area or perhaps Macromedia's sales presence is just abysmal here. I don't know but I do know that it's a sad state of affairs for those who are trying to find ColdFusion opportunities in this area. It doesn't thrill me to have to look at alternatives. After so many years of CF development, I still love to code in CFML. It's straightforward and works. I just have to be pragmatic and for the area that *I* live in, CF doesn't seem to have a bright future. Rey... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182085 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
