They've been doing this long before Allaire was bought by Macromedia. I never understood it. A company of that size has got to have a back up server that they can stick up while they do their routine maintenance.
-Bill brainbox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Cravens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 1:45 PM Subject: RE: Macromedia's destruction of the Allaire Site... > On one note, I'd say that we should give Macromedia a break. I know > that they have had some website and support issues, but they have > delivered a solid release of both Server and Studio. Which is all you > can really expect, cuz for most of us, that's all we're really paying > for. > > I'm sure if you're not happy with how things are run, I'm sure they'd be > more than happy to sell you the division that produces ColdFusion. > > However, as painful as a migration may be, how the hell do you turn off > production servers like that? I'll echo the thoughts about staging > servers - if you know what you're doing, once everything's good, you > should be able to throw the switch (in theory) with little to no > downtime. > > Maybe they're using Sitespring to manage the conversion :P > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paris Lundis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Macromedia's destruction of the Allaire Site... > > I try to go to the developer's download section and get this lovely > message: > > Due to scheduled maintenance, certain areas of our website are > unavailable > at this time. These areas include Macromedia Membership, Free Trial > Downloads, the Macromedia Store, the Edge newsletter, the Showcase, > Events, > the Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, and UltraDev Exchanges, the > Developers > Exchange and Forums. You can use NNTP newsgroups instead of Forums until > our > maintenance is complete. > > We apologize for the inconvenience and will be restoring service as soon > as > possible. If you've already made a download purchase, please return > after 6 > pm PST on Sunday 1/27/02 to download your products. > > Meanwhile, you can continue to browse the rest of our site. You can also > read about other ways to purchase Macromedia products or contact our > Customer Service Center. > > Return to Macromedia home page. > > > > OFFLINE FOR 2-3 DAYS????? what in the world are these folks thinking? > Bring > the old site back please.... > > -paris > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona 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
