I'm looking at eMPower by
http://www.ektron.com/web-content-management-software.cfm to fill in some of
the gaps. The are the guys that make the eWebEditPro HTML editor that's
inside of Spectra.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Vosloo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:13 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Post-Spectra Content Management Systems??
Although Spectra will be supported for the next 2 years, I'm sure as hell
not going to sell it clients now - I'm simply looking for another solution.
And it's probably only a 1-2 year solution as CF 6 will have Spectra's CODB
etc built in.
I'm gonna check out CommonSpot 2.0, or as Neil recommends, probably just
write one from scratch.
Thanks for the replies.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Maloney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 4:04 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Post-Spectra Content Management Systems??
>
>
> Thanks...I finally came across that email, but from what I could
> tell there
> was nothing on the Allaire/Macromedia site about it which seems a
> little odd
> to me.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 8:59 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Post-Spectra Content Management Systems??
>
>
> This was posted by Charles Teague on the Spectra Forum.
>
> .........................
> Hi everyone. We really appreciate everyone's patience over the last few
> weeks. There has been a lot of discussion and concern over the future of
> Spectra, and I think that the time is right to shed some light on what we
> are thinking.
>
> As you know, Spectra provides developers with a broad set of functionality
> and technology. Enough so, sometimes its breadth proves daunting.
> Fundamental to the entire product, however, is its foundation -
> the content
> object API. In 1996, when I first started working on Allaire's
> website, the
> foundational change that I went through was around thinking about the site
> as composed of 'content objects.' Over the last 5 years, this core concept
> has been revised, revolutionized, improved, and expanded. Spectra has been
> the product that carried this concept forward. This concept, and
> the content
> object API, have been the most compelling pieces of Spectra since its
> inception.
>
> Macromedia's goal is to make dynamic content technology like the content
> object API pervasive, approachable, and cost effective for our developers.
> To help us better achieve this, we plan to incorporate key components of
> Spectra technology - a Java-based version of the COAPI architecture and
> other services directly related to dynamic content - into the application
> server, as well as delivering next generation dynamic content technologies
> such as end-user content contribution and team production through a series
> of new product initiatives. This means that version 1.5 will be Spectra's
> last feature additive release - we'll invest our resources in making the
> core technology that we move into our application server and visual tools
> faster, easier, and better.
>
> Macromedia will continue to support Spectra via a community source model,
> on-going technical support, training, and consulting, as well as having a
> team of engineers working on bug fixes and quality assurance for community
> source submissions. Spectra will continue to be offered for sale,
> using our
> partners as the primary sales channel. We also will do our best
> to give you
> early access to technology previews, alphas, and betas of the new
> technologies already under development.
>
> In the world we live and work in, technology changes constantly, we've all
> thrived because of our ability to adapt to change. This is no
> different - a
> change for the Spectra Product Group, and for every developer,
> customer and
> partner out there who has invested their valuable time and mind share into
> Spectra. While I understand the challenge that a change like this
> can pose,
> I am extremely optimistic. The core vision of the Spectra technology is
> compelling - the opportunity to make this technology available to more
> developers, cheaper, and better, is a chance that I relish. I
> hope you share
> my optimism through this time of change
>
> <!-----------------------------
> Neil Clark
> Senior Web Applications Engineer
> Spectra / ColdFusion / XML / Cerebro
> MCB Digital
> Macromedia Alliance Member
> Tel: 020 8941 3232
> Fax: 020 8941 4333
> Mobile : 077719 448 227
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ---------------------------->
>
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