All this talk and gnashing of teeth about porting the CF Studio/Ultradev
hybrid to MAC ... what about a linux port?
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Yang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: RE: The acquisition of Allaire by Macromedia
> Steve Drucker wrote:
>
> > CF isn't going away -- in fact, with the added resources of Macromedia,
I
> > expect a totally killer integrated e-business development
> > platform is in our not-so-distant future.
>
> Great comment!
>
> As a ColdFusion developer, and having used Macromedia products (for over
10
> years) and worked with some of their engineers, I saw the opportunity for
a
> merger since July of 1999. When the news was announced yesterday, my first
> reaction was: Finally!
>
> I have faith in both companies in developing and integrating their best
> products. I don't think Macromedia merged with Allaire solely for
> ColdFusion, but more for their long-term vision of moving to the J2EE
> platform (Neo, Trinity/JRun/JSP/Kawa and Pharaoh).
>
> As was mentioned at the Allaire Developers Conference, ColdFusion is not
> going away any time soon, but will be built to run on the Java platform.
> Diversified platform support is important for Macromedia, and Allaire has
> the tools and assets to do just that.
>
> Dreamweaver UltraDev, although with some limitations, is one of the
coolest
> programs to quickly put together dynamic web sites. The current state of
CF
> support in UltraDev is not as extensive when compared to ASP, but
hopefully
> this merger would change that situation.
>
> Flash, on the other hand, is pretty much the standard multimedia player of
> the web. Combining CF and Flash (or Director/Shockwave) is already very
> powerful, and is great for many types of sites (such as entertainment and
> media). I'm sure Harpoon and the future integration of these two products
> will further benefit us - the developers.
>
> Personalization is another area which I feel we'll see more of, in terms
of
> integrating into tools like UltraDev.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised to see CF/JRun Studio, Kawa, and UltraDev rolled
> into one. The question is, what Macromedia is going to do about porting
> these programs to the Mac (as UltraDev and most other Macromedia products
> are cross-platform). Will Macromedia acquire BBEdit (the Mac editor of
> choice), or will these programs run on the Java platform eventually like
the
> server apps? Interesting times ahead...
>
>
> Dave Yang - Quantumwave Interactive Inc.
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> http://www.quantumwave.com
>
>
>
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