You are very passive aggressive dude. Which is a shame, as by taking that tack, and not actually responding to Dave's points, you reinforce the troll image.
-----Original Message----- From: Irvin Gomez [mailto:ir...@pixel69.com] Sent: 11 November 2011 06:04 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Adobe drops Flsh for mobile devices > > I would never call you a trool. Because I have a spell-checker. Childish. > Perhaps I'm being ungenerous, but that kind of response from you > indicates to me that you don't take this seriously enough to engage > your brain cells and actually read what was written. More childish attack. >Which, you know, > kind of makes you look like a trool after all, if you know what I >mean. Even more childish. >Anyway, to give you the benefit of the doubt, here's an executive >summary of what I wrote, paragraph by paragraph. > > 1. CFLib belongs to Ray. > That doesn't mean he can't get help from the *assumed* CF community. He is alone because the small community does not have new blood. New blood carries the torch and keeps things moving. The 'old-timers' are too busy discussing OOP concepts -which is their right. The problem is that the lack on new blood will eventually kill CF - and that's the simple point I make. > 2. Why are new tutorials needed, since CF's basic functionality hasn't > changed significantly? > A cursory glance at how things stand today will show any objective observer that a lot of those resources are obsolete, in need of re-vamping (lots of new features have been introduced) or were deleted a long time ago. > 3. There are plenty of beginner and intermediate questions on the list. > But how many lists are there? And how many questions in this list? In fact, it could be argued that this list is perfect example of a stagnant community. > > 4. People blog about their interests, not solely for promotional > reasons. > Once again, I'm not holding the small CF community responsible for anything. Strawman argument. > 5. CF is a successful product. > That doesn't mean it is not dying slowly. Strawman argument. > 6. The CF "community" is not composed solely of Adobe employees. > You love your straw man, don't you? > 7. Your behavior looks like trolling, even if you're not a troll. > More childish stuff. > 8. If you want more evangelism, be an evangelist. > Strawman argument. I never said I wanted more 'evangelism". > So, out of those, there's one paragraph that mentions trolling, and > states you may well not be a troll. Given your apparent level of > reading comprehension, you might want to read these things more slowly > and carefully. > More childish, dishonest attack - but it seems the norm with you. > > In any case, why 10 years? > Because people have been posting this crap here for ten years already. > They were posting it when CF was called "Allaire Cold Fusion." > The way things are going, the ten years may not be necessary. But only time will tell. Hope you're right, though. I hope Coldfusion remains a valid option for many years to come. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:348636 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
