At 05:15 PM 3/24/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Jeffry > >AFAIK, Lotus Notes is platform and OS specific...that would be a >limitation.
True, although you may run into such a limitation with just about any software. ColdFusion is more cross-platform than most, though. >In fact, there was a desktop CF Interpreter that ran most of the CF >tags. It was called CFAnywhere. > >I actually downloaded a copy and played around a bit with som scripts. > >Great things were planned in the "Next Release", but Allaire bought the >company (to get JRun) and then killed CFAnywhere. I remember it, vaguely. Maybe there is a market out there for another one? If I build it will Macromedia pay me enough money to retire? I'll have it ready by January. : ha, ha: J/K! A product like that would be killer for all those marketing folks who want to put their web sites on CDs for Trade Shows... or companies who want to give their salesmen / dealers the ability to carry around with them a searchable product catalog (and don't want to rely on Internet connections at client-site visits ) >Much the way that a free Acrobat Reader or Flash Plugin increases the >penetration and sales of the related (purchased) product. I believe the analogy is quite dissimilar. For both Acrobat and Flash, the saying is "Develop using [Flash /Acrobat], everyone can view the end result by downloading a free player." I can't imagine developers ( or users ) being won over by "Develop in ColdFusion, everyone will be able to run your code locally." That is not the nature of ColdFusion. Anyway, I'm getting off track. My original intention was to say that one should choose the language to meet the application, not the other way around. The product you described would be hard to implement in ColdFusion, but very easy to write in a Lotus Notes / Domino. Why re-invent the wheel? -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 -- My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm 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
