> The problem with that Dave is that even the Enterprise > customers won't be able to find developers eventually, if the > small business and educational use is left behind. We're > already starting to see this developer shortage and > eventually companies are going to get tired of having to > train developers when they can use other platforms and pull > from a readily-available pool of trained and experienced > people. I just wonder if there isn't more that we as a > community can do to pressure Adobe or at least try to make > them see the error of this approach. Seriously, there is > simply no way they will be successful long-term targeting > solely an Enterprise market and that's just going to hurt all > of us in the end.
The only way you can "pressure" a company is to not buy its products. And, for what it's worth, targeting the enterprise is what every Java vendor does - even the open-source ones. You don't see small businesses or freelancers building J2EE web applications. I wonder how Java's doing? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298327 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
