My only real pet peeve is Dreamweaver. Even the latest version is basically a slow dog compared to other editors, including Homesite+.
Still, I understand MM's stance that once open-source candidates emerge in the category, it becomes a difficult if not impossible proposition to invest in proprietary software to compete in the space. Therefore, I have a proposition for MM. Why not support the Eclipse initiative? Most of the major Java vendors already support it. Other software companies support it. And the open source community supports it. Why not contribute a relatively modest effort toward making CFEclipse a top-flight product? For instance, someone could duplicate the data browser function in Homesite+ by attaching to the RDS servlet. Who better to write that than the people that know the code already? It might be MM's position that they will not contribute to open source because it eats into their revenue base, but the way I see it the job of software companies is to stay one step ahead of open source and always offer more value than the open source community alone can provide. By refusing to consider alternatives, MM is essentially deciding that the space isn't worth pursuing. Better tools are an enticement to developers and could be considered a loss leader to grow the server market share for products like ColdFusion. And that doesn't mean MM has to give away their product. They could produce some additions to CFEclipse for free and build a whole value-added product on top of it. And since MM seems to want to turn everyone into a CF/Java programmer, what better way to do that than to get them on the Eclipse platform where all the Java tools are right there? I'm available (for a modest fee) for further discussion of this topic with MM brass. ;-) >This is worth reading and commenting on: > > http://www.markme.com/jd/archives/006722.cfm > >Ben Rogers >http://www.c4.net >v.508.240.0051 >f.508.240.0057 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189675 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
