Denny, I think you see the world as you would hope it to be, not for the reality that it is. A commendable quality, but not one Adobe can choose to share with so many CFML careers on the line. It's been 3 years since OpenBD/Railo went open source and removed the price barrier to CFML adoption. 3 years since they gave up their attempts to compete with Adobe commercially. 3 years since they proclaimed "CFML is not worth paying for".
At any time Adobe could have made (or will make) ColdFusion free. Problem is, cost is not the only barrier to adoption -- a reality many seem to ignore. So, 3 years later, our community for all intensive purposes seems to be shrinking (we have more CF jobs than developers). On top of losing CFML developers, we now have a large amount a fragmentation. It would seem that anything Adobe does in the CFML space is directly combated by the "Open CF" movement. Because of this, CFML has increasingly become more and more toxic for Adobe. I can't tell you how hard it is to fight for this community within Adobe when a small external faction is recklessly trying to tear it down. How can I ask Adobe to invest $$$ into growing the CFML developer community when our ability to get a return is dramatically reduced? The fact is, the Donna Bing's of the world (and the rest of the Open CF community) have all but written off Adobe and ColdFusion. They've decided to no longer invest any money in CFML and won't even give Adobe guidance to change. This is an honest and genuine question: Are CFML developers better off today than they were 3 years ago? At the rate of which things are progressing, will they be better off in 2014? Would they be better of w/o Adobe ColdFusion? -Adam PS. Sorry to make this all about money, but that's one of the realities we have to face about our current ecosystem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:341741 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
