Great question Simon. Apart from being an avid CF developer for many years (and I'm sure we've chatted on occasion over those years), I'm also participating in the BlackStone beta. When presented with naysayers, I expound on the benefits of CF and work to convince people that CFMX has the capabilities to handle most any application needs. Finally, any sites that I build are done in CF because I believe in it and my clients believe in me. Perhaps I'd have greater influence if I were a full time consultant and could get out to more people but I'm employed full-time so reaching the masses isn't in the picture.
It's MM's responsibility to get facetime with decision makers, though. It's our responsibility to evangelize. I do my part. How's MM doing with their part? Rey... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Horwith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:41 PM Subject: Re: CF developer numbers > Rey, > What are you doing to better the situation near you? > > ~Simon > > Simon Horwith > Member of Team Macromedia > Macromedia Certified Master Instructor > Editor-in-Chief, ColdFusion Developers Journal > Blog - http://www.horwith.com > > > > > Rey Bango wrote: > >>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:4:182113 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
