On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > >> And as I ALSO said - in not so many words - Who is to say that "community >> momentum" wasn't/isn't part of the marketing? The smaller your >> product/service - the more you rely on "free" marketing techniques. > > Adobe does a pretty good job with supporting community-driven > marketing. I don't know how many people here run into this, but Adobe > sponsors conferences, user groups, and all kinds of learning events.
Well, yes and no. Adobe did have a decent user group system but then they consolidated them and it all changed. We had a Portland CF Usergroup but then it got changed by Adobe to a PDX RIA group and most all of the content and discussion is around Flash and Flex. Having a Flash and Flex group is fine but CF has really been pushed to the background. I'm sure that if I made a hard push, I could get more CF stuff in the meetings, present myself, etc. But for a random CF developer, there isn't nearly as much user group support as there once was. Not a good change. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
