> This isn't actually true at all, Dave. To give one high profile > example, take Hotmail. Microsoft got a huge amount of shit for the > fact that Hotmail ran on Linux (or BSD? I think BSD) with Apache. > Sure, they bought Hotmail and that was the primary reason. But people > kept saying "oh, Windows and IIS can't handle the load so they have to > stick with BSD". There were plenty of tech articles about whether > Microsoft could actually run Hotmail on Windows, how expensive it > would be, etc. Finally, MS eventually moved it over but they had to > put significant time and energy into the project. They even announced > that they had moved it to Windows only to have to retract that > statement a couple days later, admitting that some of the bits still > ran on BSD. I seem to recall that MS totally fucked up Hotmail in the > move as well but that could have been some of their other major screw > ups.
Microsoft acquired Hotmail in 1997. They migrated it to Windows in 2000/2001. Apparently, they didn't feel the need to do this very quickly. And I think there's a significant difference. At the time, there was a real, open question about whether Windows could fill this niche. Current versions really couldn't. NT 4 and IIS 3 and 4 weren't capable of doing this. But no one doubts that, say, the free RIA tools site could be written in CF. Large parts of the main Adobe site are, in fact, written in CF. > Eating your own dogfood is still an important concept in the tech > world and I think you sell it short. Adobe has a lot of different dog food, though. They have CF, LiveCycle, Day Software, and Contribute/Dreamweaver. Which one of those should they pick? As a tools vendor, they make products that explicitly are designed to interact with Java, ASP.NET and PHP: Dreamweaver, Flash Builder, LiveCycle Workbench. The Flex team probably has more customers using PHP than CF. The Flash team certainly does. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:341606 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
