Richard,
I share your fears, I'm not sure what to make of it yet. I've always said
MacroMedia is half run by geniuses and the other half by amateurs. Let's
hope the geniuses have taken over the company and will stay with NEO.
An interesting spin on this development comes from my Japanese CF developer
friends. They love this because they are hoping it will bring the price of
CF down to reachable levels. In Japan CF is very expensive. MacroMedia has
a strong and respected presence internationally, this could be good for us.
Hoping for the best....
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Colman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:35 PM
Subject: Negative Thoughts
> I do not think that the acquisition of Allaire by Macromedia is a good
thing
> for Cold Fusion developers. I can come up with all kinds of negative
> scenarios about what this will do to CF. When a "graphics tool" company
> acquires a development platform, the development platform does not always
> fair too well.
>
> Consider that, if Allaire was not in some sort of trouble, it would not
have
> been "merged."
>
> I have been concerned about the viability of the CF platform for about a
> year. Now, I am even more concerned. I am seriously starting to consider
> dropping the beloved CF platform, and head towards ASP+, COM and .NET --
> Microsoft is not likely to be "acquired" any time in the near future.
>
> Richard Colman
>
>
>
>
>
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