Having a Mac version of CF would be nice, I'm just not sure there's a business case for building it (engineering hours are VERY expensive! I'm in the wrong business!! =). Macromedia isn't one to leave money laying on the table, so you can bet that if/when it looks like it will be profitable to make CFMXOSX, we'll do it! =)
Meanwhile, you can use a remote testing server (DWMX makes this easy!), so Mac folks aren't blocked from CF development, they just won't have it all in one box. Vernon Viehe Community Manager Macromedia, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:41 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CFMX OS X [rant] > > > On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 12:46 PM, Neil Clark - =TMM= wrote: > > > I think as I stated earlier, is that Apple / OSX is not in the > > mainstream for things like ISP's etc... So in business > terms it would be > > suicidal to create an OSX version of server software which > you may sell > > only a handful of units. > > > > As I recall, we're not too far removed rom the days when "CF > was not in > the mainstream for things like ISP's. etc" > > > > I must admit, I have never been a fan of Macs (and yes, I have used > > them) but OS X is stable[er] than most Apple OS' I have seen/used. > > > > It�s a case of supply and demand - you have to view the stats of how > > many Windows / Linux / 'real' Unix users there are against > Apple OS - > > they are overwhelming, making an OSX version harder to justifiably > > produce. > > > > What do you define as a 'real' Unix user. CLI only... if so, why are > there several GUIs available for Unix. > > OSX just has a better GUI. The OS X CLI is also superior... > multiple, > scrollable CLI windows (copy. paste, resize. change font and size, > print, etc). > > In OSX you can start/stop Apache with a mouse click. Just because > 'real' Unix is harder to use, it doesn't necessarily make it > better. If > that were true we would all be writing DOS programs in assembler! > > > > Remember that Windoze, 'real' Unix etc.. are all tried and > tested (and > > broken), just because Apple suddenly started to use a > different approach > > to its underlying achitecture does not mean to say that it had > > underlying motives for software vendors, in fact it was > probably to make > > it run faster and have less Error Type [fill the blank] > > > > OSX's underlying architecture is BSD Unix. On top of that > they provide > Darwin (open source) and the Aqua GUI > > > I also think it would be stupid for ANY software developer to start > > producing tried and tested server software for OSX as of yet. > > > While I think there is a good potential for server software > on OSX, I'll > not argue the point. I am more interested in the developing/testing > side of the operation... CF, especially, opens web/database > programming > to the multitudes... that's it's Forta, er, Forte. > > Why not make CF programming available to millions of Mac systems... > they'll all require CF servers running on some platform (if not OS X) > > To paraphrase King Gillete: Give 'em our razors, and they'll buy our > blades! > > IMO, Dick > > > > > > Again, just my �0.02 > > > > :-p > > > > Neil Clark > > Team Macromedia > > http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > > > > Announcing Macromedia MX!! > > -------------------------- > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/trial/. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. 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
