CFUNITED-05 is going to be a great event. We should be thankful to all the sponsors (yes, New Atlanta is one) for making this event possible, instead of disparaging them.
Vince Bonfanti http://blog.newatlanta.com New Atlanta Communications, LLC http://www.newatlanta.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Microsoft sponsoring CFUNITED-05 > > On 4/28/05, Emanuel Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sorry for the wrong link > > It's old news (and you posted it *five* times!). Microsoft > has been listed as a sponsor for ages. > > FWIW, Microsoft was also a notable sponsor of MXDU and hosted > a full cooked breakfast on the Friday morning... to pitch > Visual Studio and ..NET 2.0... to a less-than-impressed > audience who wondered what any of it had to do with > programming (seriously! that was one of the more charitable > comments I heard about Microsoft's presentation and I heard > it from a number of people who attended the breakfast!). Many > other conference attendees said that even a free cooked > breakfast wasn't worth it to listen to Microsoft's marketing > pitch. I guess the Australian CF developers are less-swayed > by .NET's FUD than many American CF developers? > > BTW, Macromedia are the Platinum Sponsor for CFUNITED - the > only sponsor at that level - and they are sending several of > the ColdFusion product team to present and be available for > you to quiz about CFMX 7! > -- > Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ > Team Fusebox -- http://fusebox.org/ > Got Gmail? -- I have 50, yes 50, invites to give away! > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205068 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
