Come on man, cf-talk is not your blog. -Adam
On 5/2/05, Alex Sherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When CFMX7 was launched, I queried as to why the only marketing on MM's > site was a small picture and some text in the center "Products" column. > I surely thought that with the launch of the most "exciting" and > "feature rich" version of ColdFusion, the product would get top billing > on MM's website and be featured in the main animation banner that spans > across the page, "above the fold". > > To my surprise, this never happened. During the launch, Flash Mobile and > a few other products were featured in the main animation - many of which > were days/weeks old at this point. > > Enter Breeze 5. Sure enough, on the day of the announcement, there is a > nice banner highlighting product as well as a smaller graphics and text > in the center products column. Surely, MM wanted the world to know about > Breeze 5, and the website shows it. > > Why am I mentioning this? Well, IMHO, it's a subtle but important > indicator about MM's view of CFMX. It's not that they won't devote $$ > and resources to its continued development, but it's clear that the > "broader reach" products like Breeze and some of the Flash authoring > tools will continue to force CFMX to "backstage" instead of its > rightful place at "center stage". > > To make things worse, MM and Adobe are set to merge. With both > companies heavily invested in the tools market, CFML's future could be > bleak. CMFX won't dissapear, but it's growth in terms of market share > AND features could be slowed to an unacceptable pace as MM/Adobe's > attention focuses more closely on their cash cow: tools and IDEs. > > Sorry for the rant, but I hate to see CFMX get dissed by it's own company! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:205228 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
