Great reply Dave and yes you're right about the cost savings derived via the quick development cycle that's typical with CF. I hear ya. Been there done that.
All I'm saying is that CF's perception as, what you so aptly called, a tagrunner still exists today and if a manager or developer thinks that they're paying $1299 for a "tagrunner" they'll just use an alternative; especially if its free. MM has taken CF to another level but they've done a poor job of positioning and marketing the product. All they do is push RIA, Flash, Breeze and Flex but neglate to push the app server. It's as if they'd prefer to keep the middleware and backend autonomous as to not alienate other language developers. If that's the case, I can certainly understand it from a business perspective but it sure doesn't give CF any much needed exposure. Finally, with regard to learning Flash, you will always have people that are more focused on backend development than UI. Flash is a UI tool and while Flex may make things easier for developers to build RIAs, I dread to picture the end results of some the UIs if developers assumed the roles of UI designers. Ugh. Having developed Windows applications prior to building Internet applications, I can tell you for fact that developers are the last people you want doing any type of front-end work. Rey... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182097 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
