Undoubtedly it will change. Will it go away? As long as it's profitable, I doubt it. However, I continually ask myself, if [insert technology here] disappeared tomorrow, could I feed my family? I may like one language or technology more than others, but I'll be damned if I'll bet my (and others that depend on me) well-being on some company's (who's goal is profit, not my well-being) product.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: RE: Macromedia.com > Even if the rumor is true or not, we can't kid ourselves into thinking > ColdFusion will be around for much longer in it's current state. It's > governed by a company that's core product is a plugin to display moving > vector graphics. Granted, they have other products, I personally use > fireworks as an alternative to photoshop. That's all great, but we can't > expect them to churn out and maintain a solid, server-side scripting engine, > capable of competing with it's FREE alternatives - for much longer. It's > simply out of their scope. > > At first, I want to say "release it to the public, and charge for studio > licenses", but then I look at the linux operating system, and that blows > that whole idea out of the water (not trying to offend any hardcore linux > advocates out there). There has to be some viable solution to preserve this > tool without worrying about its parent's control over its existence. I can > live with having to develop in PHP, ASP.NET, or even the dreaded "J2EE" (VM > - blech), but I just don't want to. Cold Fusion makes it easy for me to hack > something together in a day and please the boss or whoever it is I'm > developing for, which is great - "work smarter not harder" right? It's solid > (if you know all the little gotchas), and it's clean. There's just that one > big, dark cloud hovering above us all that quietly chants "I may not be here > for you in a year, I may suddenly abandon you, your work will mean nothing > then, you will have wasted 4 years living with me, I am the ghost of > Macromedia Future". > > Am I just crazy, or is anyone else in the same boat as I? > > Adam. > > ps. I'm not trying to sound like one of those "the end is near" > fearmongerers, I just want to see if I'm the only one that feels this way. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Priest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:01 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Macromedia.com > > > MicroMedia > Big rumors abound in Macromedia land... word is the company is in dire > straights and that discussions between Macromedia and Microsoft are in > the works. Acquisition? Possibly... probably just Flash, DreamWeaver, > and UltraDev -- and in the meanwhile, kill off MS ASP competitor (not > really) ColdFusion. Who knows about FreeHand and Director... Layoffs > imminent. > When: 1/30/2002 > Company: Macromedia > > http://fuckedcompany.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 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=coldfusionc 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
