On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Michael Grant wrote: > > I truly fear it may be a day late and a dollar short.
I think it's the right time, at the right price. OpenBD is also quite nice. =) With viable open source solutions, the idea that we, as developers, are responsible for growing adoption, is finally true. There are no excuses now. At least not for us devs. If you're paying for a license, sure, ladle some of that responsibility on. Though I'm not trying to imply there's a lack of effort from Adobe. Honestly... hell, I've been doing it for like, I dunno, 12+ years at least, and I never really "saw" CFML "out there", regardless of who was at the helm. Making something popular might not be as easy as it seems. And isn't necessarily a good thing-- what's that Yogi quote? "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded." I think MySpace was the most publicized I'd ever seen CF, and that didn't end well, though no fault of the language. The internet is a hell of a lot tamer than it was 20 years ago, but it's still pretty damn wild. Freaking *oodles* of the latest high dollar (in worth), high profile sites/applications have come about not because of the language used (or marketing of said language), but because of like, one or two dudes or chicks with an idea. CFML is *perfect* for such things. And again, we didn't have a viable open source solution until the last couple years, if that. I note this because it seems like most, if not all, of the recent *madly* successful web applications leverage open source languages. So... I guess I'm saying that time might be a localized phenomena. =) The sky is the limit, IMO. We have not yet begunned to fight. Sally forth, and multiply! :Den -- All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. Jean Jacques Rousseau ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340834 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
