Hey! I like our codenames... (Except I'm not allowed to name things after anime characters...)
======================== Jesse Noller Linux Fiend Macromedia Server Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Give a man a fish, and he'll pester you to keep giving him fish. Teach a man to fish, and he'll pester you for better fishing theory". --Me, 2001 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:55 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Is CF 5 ready for production? > > > 1. Neo is the next release of ColdFusion, where Macromedia will be > re-writing the CF engine from C++ to Java. To save you the > question, you > will not have to learn Java to use Neo. It will still be the > same tag-based > language you use today. However, to extend CF (i.e., custom > tags, etc.), a > knowledge of Java would benefit. > > 2. Why is it called Neo? I would guess two reasons. First, > because "neo" > means "new" and this product will be a new direction, even > though it's still > CF. Second, I also think it's because someone at Macromedia > has a fetish > with "The Matrix." Just to clarify that point, their next > suite of tools is > called "Trinity," so put that with "Neo" and you have > somebody who needs to > get out more. > > 3. Macromedia (who bought Allaire) is behind the product. > > 4. As you can tell by the previous answers, CF isn't going > anywhere. In > fact, I firmly believe it's going to be a viable alternative > to .NET and > other platforms, assuming Macromedia delivers on the features > it's been > touting for the last year or so. > > Hope this helps, > Dave. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: John McCosker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Is CF 5 ready for production? > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:34:45 -0000 > > >Macromedia's logic behind this is that they feel CF 5 is a > stable enough > >product that they'd rather have all of their developers > focusing on Neo, > >rather than service packs for a code base that they are effectively > >abandoning. > > Sorry for this but, > > What exactly is Neo? > Why is it called Neo? > Who is behind Neo? (i.e. is it the same people behind CF) > What happen's after CF5 (..gone forever..?) > > Could you define? > >code base that they are effectively abandoning > > jmc > . > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
