On Tuesday 01 November 2005 18:51, Jeff Small wrote: > "Rumor is, Adobe might release CF to the open source community..."
I would only be moderately surprised, though very excited, if this became true. A few years ago, CFML was about the only easy, quick way to build a dynamic web site (certainly nothing else was tag-based, really). Now, there are great JSP tag libs - such as Apache's Tomahawk extensions. The argument for 4 grand of CFML server to do something equally well as a JSP page is getting harder and harder to make. Remember, most people don't use Flash forms, gateways and all the other stuff CF comes with that JSP doesn't. Add to that that I have yet to see a good reason for using Flash anything over a decent DHTML version, and maybe you can see why we have a long term vision here that replaces our large CFML site with one based on JSP taglibs and a full J2EE architecture (which we have for webservice purposes anyway). This work will also pay off when/if we have to bundle up and ship to customers our application - 4K more profit (or undercutting the opposition) per unit is a lot. Dunno if open source CFML would be enough to halt this. Might just be... -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:222903 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
