I think that most ColdFusion programmers / managers are overreacting to this announcement.
The programmers of CF 7 (BlackStone) are not likely to be let go because of this. Let's suppose that I was a manager at Adobe, I would see ColdFusion as a great revenue stream, and I would want to retain those programmers and project managers that have grown the subscriber base. I think we as a community would be best off to be optimistic about this because the individuals who built CF 6 & 7 are likely to still be in charge of future releases. In addition, I think it would be in the best interest of Adobe to keep major players such as Ben Forta and many others actively involved in the CF community & releases. Ryan Duckworth Macromedia ColdFusion Certified Professional Uhlig Communications 10983 Granada Lane Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 754-4272 -----Original Message----- From: Keith Gaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: macromedia and Adobe?! Adam Haskell wrote: >>The delays of PDF are not format related. They are software program >>related. It is the set of extensions in Acrobat which makes PDF look >>like a fat pig. The PDF format has potential, but lacks good software >>for mobile devices. > > > The rendering software is huge bulky and slow b/c of the PDF format. A > PDF docuemnt contain nothing, but XML. This forces everything to be in > the reader which cuases it to be a pig... Could the reader be > re-written in a more streamline fashion and still provide all the > functionality..maybe..time will tell. Dude! XML? Far from it. The stuff you see when you open a PDF in a text editor is a combination of commands for a stack-based virtual machine (� la PostScript), and a bunch of compressed datastreams. There's absolutely no reason whatsoever that PDFs can't be opened quickly, even on small machines. There's much faster software for reading PDFs out there than Acrobat Reader. K. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203285 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
