Based on my experience: One issue that, IMO, can stand some increased awareness is security. If I had a nickel for every time I had to sit through a "ColdFusion is inherently insecure" lecture from some manager with a self-assumed programming background, I wouldn't be a programmer. I'd just buy Microsoft and retire. *I* know that you can develop secure web applications in ColdFusion- or insecure ones, if you so decide. And *I* know that the mindset of "If it's Microsoft, it's automatically secure" is a load of rubbish. This isn't MS-bashing, either. A web-app is as secure or insecure as the practices of the developer(s). Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only one who's figured this out, though.
I've even been told that the U.S. Navy (I used to work for a government contracting company) won't touch CF because it isn't Certified Secure- whatever that's supposed to mean. Now, that being said, the manager who told me that had a well-deserved reputation for making stuff up when he didn't have any facts at hand, or when the real fact contradicted his opinions, but it sums up probably the biggest issue with CF that I've encountered. Not the cost, or the extra effort to install and configure, but the fact that many of the decision-makers I've encountered still regard CF as a toy. Matt Osbun Web Developer Health Systems, International -----Original Message----- From: Micha Schopman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX: Dissed by Breeze and FlashLite? To turn this already highly flamable thread into something more usefull, how do people think CF should grow, do you think it needs more attention? Does it lack important features or should CF be merely a "keep it alive" product. Looking forward to the merge where people suggested that this allowed more marketing of the products and where Kevin Lynch stated CF is a core business product, and looking at the comments posted in this thread, would it suit CF to be marketed more? Why would they spend more on CF with marketing if already other products are marketed more? Should CF even be marketed, with the chance of losing its type of being a "niche product" ? Would it fit CF if there was a larger community, maybe with a free standard version of CF and the enterprise version as the product doing the sales? Just some food for thought, please discuss this with arguments. Micha ________________________________ From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 5/3/2005 8:08 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX: Dissed by Breeze and FlashLite? Honestly Alex...do you think banner ads are what sell CF...if so...think again ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:205429 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
