On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > >> Why do you think it's absurd to think that open source engines will >> bring more people? > > Because it doesn't seem to have done so, so far. Because the niche in > which CF is popular doesn't seem to care that much about open source > or free. Because there are plenty of other open source engines in > other languages, and people who care a lot about that seem to have > mostly already moved to one of those.
There must be a lot of hard data out there that I'm not privy to. :) As far as "the niche", /things are changing/. Not that they're not constantly changing, but you have to see what I'm talking about. Open source software is not going to go away. Or maybe it will. Hell, who really knows what the future will bring? It /seems/ to be making more and more inroads, even though for years people predicted it wouldn't, and indeed, couldn't. Maybe it's all smoke and mirrors? It doesn't look that way to me, but I also think that we really *did* go to the moon. I'm not infallible. Those other open source engines aren't CFML. I believe there is a difference. But I'm a CFML fanboi. :) >> Do you think the only thing that makes a language "worth" something, >> is how much it costs? > > No. I'm not sure where you got that from my previous responses. The bit about it being absurd to think that open source might affect adoption. I >> What about my argument about one in the bush, vs. none in the bush? > > That's not an argument, it's speculation. It's not speculation, it's probability. One is more probable than the other. Anything is possible though, so... maybe it is speculation? >> And say Adobe did drop CF-- do you think that would spell the end of >> the language? > > Yeah, I do. I don't think that everyone would switch to comparatively > unknown, new alternatives. If a big company like Adobe can't guarantee > the future of CF, why would anyone think that these other people can? Because they have the right ingredients? Big companies fuck up all the time. I still don't get this magical power attributed to 'em. Success isn't about the size of the boat, it's about the motion of the ocean. Or something of similar sentiment. :)p :Den -- No man has any natural authority over his fellow men. 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:341782 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
