LOL I remeber the days as a student... mmmmm ultradev...
On Sep 4, 12:21 pm, "Barry Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> picture this:
>
> 2003: reluctant IT teacher being dragged kicking and screaming away
> from their beloved Microsoft product to teach ColdFusion (much humble
> pie consumed later, BTW)
>
> 120 students all studying how to build dynamic websites over seven
> classes in a single week. the lessons ran twice a week for over 40
> weeks
> 5 different classrooms used as labs for students to go through
> lessons, as well as other tutorial labs.
> 4 hour lessons
>
> can you imagine what it's like to manage over 120 DSN's on all those
> (essentially public) lab machines - each with a copy of the DEV
> edition?
>
> it was a nightmare. we _bought_ a copy of CF6.1 professional just to
> teach those lessons. It should have been Enterprise, sure, but hey IT
> SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE ... as it is now... finally.
>
> (too late, I've moved on and they teach PHP now)
>
> and I've also glossed over the other nightmare: managing dozens of
> students using Dreamweaver Ultradev and RDS to hook up to the shared
> server over the network. Premature grey hairs, I swear...
>
> and that's not taking into account student projects, a public facing
> showcase server, etc.
>
> see how important this announcement is? (esp the PHP bit)
>
> bah humbug
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Chris Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > you can also use it in teaching labs to teach your classes
>
> > 2008/9/3 João Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >> ok, got it. not much value added in my opinion but if it can benefit
> >> some, better.
>
> >> --
>
> >> João Fernandes
>
> >> Adobe Community Expert
> >>http://www.onflexwithcf.org
> >>http://www.riapt.org
> >> Portugal Adobe User Group (http://aug.riapt.org)
>
>
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