I agree with both stances. MM does owe a certain part to the developers who committed time and effort to learning a technology that made them a bunch of money. However, MM/Adobe shouldn't keep a product around just because that's all you're willing to learn.
It goes back to a fundamental argument. At lunch today I was discussing with colleagues about US Taxes and how if they did away with all the forms and went to a flat-tax many people would be extremely happy. However, what about the tax preparers and all of the people who make their living off the confusing system? Does this mean we shouldn't do a flat tax because it will make thousands unemployed? Personally, I don't think so. I think whatever your job is, you need to be mindful of the changes in your environment and be ready to adapt. This is even more true in a computer related field. I think learning new technologies is great so that you can use the right tool for the job. Some projects may work best with ASP.net, some PHP, some straight HTML and of course, some will be CF. It's the old mindset of having as many tools in your belt as possible. Yeah, it would be a pain for us to lose all of the cf-specific knowledge that we've picked up over the years, but hopefully, everyone has picked up concepts as well that can be adapted elsewhere. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -----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 being rude, it's about needing to realize that software languages/ technologies are here now, gone tomorrow, and you asking the company to stick with the technology because you've learned it is about as fruitful as asking the world to stop turning. And I really don't want to starve any families. But if they do, that's not Adobe/Macromedia's fault, that's the breadwinner's fault. - Matt Small ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:203384 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
