On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Robert Harrison <[email protected]> wrote: > Because the best links I got out of my previous email were at best bleak. > The best link prompted an on-list response that we have 4 years to learn a > new language.
Bear in mind that Microsoft introduced ASP at the end of 1996 and essentially replaced it with ASP.NET just five years later. ASP.NET is just over 8 years old. CFML is already 15 years old and still going strong with a new version already being planned (and I believe Adobe have said they have the next two versions on their schedule which probably stretches out about four years - so you've got a couple of years at least of CF11 after that before, no doubt, CF12 follows it and so on). That Gartner report also said the rise of free open source CFML engine helps protect your investment in CF technology (because there will always be runtime engines for it). The suggestion to rebrand ColdFusion (it's one word, not two, BTW), comes up in most "ColdFusion is Dead" discussions and, as folks tend to point out, renaming it won't magically make it more popular (unfortunately). Adobe seem very dedicated to ColdFusion. They just invested a lot of time and money creating an IDE for it (ColdFusion Builder rocks!). The CF product team folks are currently visiting customers getting feedback for ColdFusion "10" and ColdFusion Builder 2.0 (and later versions - they've already outlined a release schedule that has CFB2 and CFB3). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334715 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
