I must confess that my original concern seems to be so adequately captured
by Dave Watt's insight into how Microsoft operates. Yes the market for web
application servers is competitive, and for someone (like myself) who keeps
falling back on CF as a prefered development platform, reading Richard
Anderson et al. 's A Preview of Active Server Pages+ (Wrox) left me a little
concerned about whether or not CF developers will be left behind when
ASP.NET becomes a reality. That's why I was wondering if anyone knew what
future versions of CF had to offer in the face of ASP.NET's code/content
separation, easier extensibility, and its integration with .NET web
services.
By the way, that remark about "vaporware" understates the extent of ASP.NET
availability. A few web hosts are already offering hosting with that option
installed, some of them for free.
Leong
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 6:37 AM
Subject: RE: ColdFusion vs. ASP.NET
: > hehe.. I think it's funny slamming on Microsoft products in
: > here. If everyone who ran ColdFusion on NT left the list, how
: > many would be left.
: >
: > It just occurred to me that MS is the Dallas Cowboys of the
: > software industry.. you either love em or hate em .. no
: > in-between.
:
: I generally like most MS products, but the original question was how CF
: compares to ASP.NET. The fact that this kind of question can be knocked
: around so casually - about products that don't exist yet - demonstrates
how
: Microsoft often operates. They come up with new acronyms faster than they
: can get rid of the merchandise that uses the old acronyms. Anyone remember
: Microsoft DNA? How about COM+, Storage+, Forms+? Then, they push the new
: acronym as if it, by itself, has some meaning and use. Eventually, they
get
: a product out that usually fulfills some, but not all, of the promised
: feature set for the new acronym.
:
: To feel like I understand a product initiative, I like to be able to
: summarize it in a single sentence. I haven't seen that summary for .NET
yet,
: even though the product is in beta. The best explanation I've seen is the
: Dr. Gui column on MSDN, but even that is pretty buzzword-thick.
:
: When NT 3.1 came out, it was not very good, but Microsoft was still able
to
: take the OS/2 market with promises about the future. Those promises didn't
: come close to reality until NT 3.51.
:
: Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
: http://www.figleaf.com/
: voice: (202) 797-5496
: fax: (202) 797-5444
:
:
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