ColdFusion is still selling well (new and old licenses) - certainly better than Flex which they keep on whining on about. It isn't going anywhere as far being a product is concerned - it's a mainstay.
If anything ASP is dead, has been for over 3 to 4 years (not ASP.NET). PHP - we'll yes, live in the now. There is always Bluedragon. "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CFAussie Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Mon Oct 10 07:13:25 2005 Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Is CF Programming Becoming Dieing A Slow Death ?? Well Claude, you'd have to think so. There have been no announcements from Macromedia about sales successes, that you'd expect to see if they were selling new servers. I'm getting sick of hearing from all sorts of site owners that they're either in the process of changing to some other technology, or have decided not to do any more apps in ColdFusion. There are very few contract or full time jobs in ColdFusion in Sydney at the moment. I just had a recruiter tell me he knew of only two jobs in ColdFusion in Sydney, and the one we were talking about was at a site where they had a team of CF Developers, but they were going to change away from CF to .asp in the next few years. The job will be maintenance only. I am still looking for some kind of reassurance from Macromedia that ColdFusion is an ongoing technology. When you raise it with a Macromedia person, you get protests that they're working as hard as they can to sell the servers, but if they're actually selling any, where are they going? As far as I can see nowhere but in existing CF sites. Where are the new installations?? If there were any new installations wouldnt it be a good idea to tell some people about it, so we can at least try to convince managers of existing sites like the manager of the data centre you mention that they arent going to be stuck with orphan technology. I'm still looking for CF contract work in Sydney and there just isnt any, as far as I can see. Claude, I fear you might be right. Or else perhaps Macromedia might like to chip in here and reassure us. Not just with platitudes and motherhood statements, but with some facts. WHO is moving TO Cold Fusion???? Anyone? Mark Blair, where are all these servers going to say you're selling? Show us they're not just going to upgrade existing CF5 sites. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 10/10/05, Claude Raiola < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The following are were comments made by a data centre in Melbourne when I asked if they were able to have cf server running on their clients servers. "Cold fusion is a very expensive piece of software to purchase! Not many people use it anymore as it has been superseded by Java, PHP, and on the Windows side - ASP." "we could install it, but you guys would be pretty lonely out there running it! Some ISPs still run a copy, but it is a bit like VHS cassette tapes in terms of technology now a days." "It is quite expensive and apart from some activity a few years ago we rarely see it in use nowadays. PHP and Java seemed to have killed it in our observations across 450 servers." Kind Regards Claude Raiola B.Econ(Acc.); B.Hotel Mngt. Mobile: 0414 228 948 Phone: 07 5538 5961 Fax: 07 3319 6444 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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