There is also Textpad or better still... Notepad.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Greg Luce To: CF-Talk Sent: Fri Dec 01 03:04:51 2006 Subject: Re: Sean Corfield, it's time to approve my post CF has a great "Editor" Homesite. DW is a GUI Development tool in my book. Then of course there's CFEclipse. If there's anything you can't get done efficiently with these 3 applications something's wrong. On 11/30/06, Tom Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a cost/benefit ratio thing. CF is expensive, the past owners > have not been customer/user friendly and it has a lousy editor (DW). > > If PHP existed back when CF 2 or 3 existed, there would be no > discussion, CF would not currently exist. > > My 2 cents. > > > > At 06:57 PM 11/30/2006, you wrote: > >"I will say that for a few years now I've been suspicious of the > >actual revenue numbers generated by ColdFusion, how that revenue > >breaks down between maintenance versus new licenses for new versions, > >new customer growth trend, and how that trend's growth pattern > >compares to the overall growth patterns of other platforms. Saying > >that overall revenue has grown can indicate any number of things; the > >devil's in the details." > > > >In Adam's defense, I think many of us have had the same suspicion. The > >number of shared hosting providers offering ColdFusion support has > >hardly increased. At least by my observation. In addition, it is not > >everyday (or week for that matter) that I come across a website that > >is using ColdFusion. However, I couldn't count how many times I come > >across PHP websites. There is a subtle increase in the number of open > >source projects for ColdFusion, but most of them are by the same > >people who have been contributing to the community for years (Camden, > >Helms, Woodward, Farrell, etc.). ASP.NET and PHP are being taught on > >community and university campuses in increasing numbers. At my > >community college, they just dropped the ColdFusion class in favor of > >ASP.NET. > > > >I have no idea what the future holds for ColdFusion, but the fact that > >these discussion keep coming up reveals that Adam is not the only one > >from within the community who has a sneaking suspicion that ColdFusion > >is not doing as well as we would like. Not to say that it is doing > >bad, but that it is not competing with alternatives such as Ruby, PHP > >and ASP.NET (all of which are free by the way). > > > >-Aaron > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:262379 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
