> I wish the Pollyanna approach were productive, but it is not. If there are no > new adopters of the language, it will die out. As simpe as that.
That is certainly true. However, there are new CF developers all the time. I know, because my company hires people to do CF work. One nice thing about this is, you don't have to hire people with CF experience - if you know PHP or .NET or whatever, you can certainly do CF development. So, I expect things will continue in this vein just as they have in the past. I wouldn't characterize this as a "Pollyanna" approach, just an observation made after reading the same arguments you're making EVERY DAMN YEAR ON THIS LIST FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. At this rate, I expect that your kids will be making the same argument to Ray's kids some day. > That's not a good strategy as seen by the stagnant CF community. Perhaps if > Adobe made CF more attractive (not better - my argument > is not against CF or its capabilities), people would feel paying for it was a > good idea. I know - I paid for it as a beginner. I'm optimistic that > there are many others like me. Adobe will do what they will do. I don't really have any control over that, do you? Unless you're a secret majority shareholder, I'm guessing the answer is no. 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 onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:348619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
