> what else has progressed as much as cfm in the last yr or so? > > .net not much > php - nope > jsp - nope actually probably gone done now that cfm can play > with jsp cgi? Lol
Well, actually, have you checked out ASP.NET 2.0? There's quite a bit of new stuff coming there. Likewise, in the JSP world, there are all kinds of relatively new things like JavaServer Faces. I don't know enough about PHP 5 to comment on it, but PHP fans are very excited about new features there. > cfc's, remoting, j2ee deployment, flash forms, the new print > functions, new reporting functions, flex intrgration, not to > mention that flex & flash are really build around using > coldfusion as the backend Most of the things you mention here aren't really specific to CF. CFCs are essentially just classes, you can use remoting with J2EE or .NET (and pay less for those packages than you would for CF), you can do fantastic reporting from ASP.NET using the new MS SQL Server Reporting Services (which are also available through CF). Neither Flex nor Flash is built around using CF as the back end, either - you can use practically anything to get your data into Flex. Personally, I really like CF, as you do. I'm very excited about Blackstone, especially with regard to the asynchronous processing stuff like event gateways. But I don't let that blind me to the fact that there are lots of other competitive products out there, and neither should you. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184597 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
