> > 2. CF, in my opinion, is at the point at which a "general
> > HTML developer" can create a viable application, with just
> > a little bit of knowledge. That's been one of the greatest
> > strengths of CF since its creation. It doesn't require
> > significant programming experience to get started.
>
> That "general HTML developer" is not one likely to be working
> on $30k sites to be hosted on their own servers. While CF has
> always appealed to this developer, Macromedia now wants to pull
> the rug out from under him. I don't get it.
That "general HTML developer" might just be someone within a large
organization who's responsible for a little section of the corporate
intranet, though. In my experience, that's really been the core of CF's
success. As far as I can tell, the vast majority of CF work is done
completely away from the public eye, by people without much development
experience. In my opinion, this has been the traditional target market for
CF - the departmental/workgroup level within the larger enterprise.
Unfortunately, given the relative glut of experienced developers and the
continuing movement to centralize intranet data and standardize products
used within the enterprise, CF has to pursue the enterprise-level products
themselves. If MM doesn't do this, there simply won't be enough of a market
to support CF, period. The CF advantage remains the ability to take someone
with little development experience and make them productive quickly, which
its competitors on the high end (BEA WebLogic, etc) will simply never have.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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