> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:23 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: macromedia and Adobe?! > > Not meaning to be rude, but don't you think that investing all of your > effort in one skill is turning out to be a bad idea? What happens if > Adobe/MM DOES kill off ColdFusion? Where will you be? This is not about > me
I'll never defend all your eggs in one basket... but in the worst case scenario: ColdFusion is discontinued. Dead. No more development. NewAtlanta explodes in a shower of icy death. No more supported CFML. There are still ColdFusion applications - lots of them - out there. They will need to be maintained, extended, etc. I've got a friend that makes a fine living doing nothing but Tango development. Another making a not so fine living doing nothing but FileMaker development. We've still got people doing nothing but Cobol and PowerBuilder maintenance. All of us CFers wouldn't be supported by the remaining work, but many could be and a few could be for the rest of their lives. It takes a looooong time for even a moderately successful technology to completely die. (Still the more likely scenario is that NewAtlanta would expand it's base becoming the only stable supporter of CFML. It could also be likely that, with pressure, the CF source could be released as an Open Source product. Of course the most likely scenario in my mind is that nothing of any real importance will happen to CF at all.) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:203378 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
