We've just upgraded our STANDARD CF6.1 licences to ENTERPRISE CF7.
And we have a largish team of CF developers as well as a Java developer and some Lotus Notes developers.
We aren't even worrying about the Adobe/MM merger. No point in worrying about something before it is actually happened and you can see the results. There will be plenty of scope to adjust course as necessary when the time comes. Large businesses don't make such decisions (
i.e. to change development platforms) overnight. And the development staff I have are multi-disciplined - so we will all cope.
If CF goes - then so-be-it. Our architecture is based on a Client-Server model - not specifically on Coldfusion. WHAT we actually build with the technology will still be required - and we'll be expected to continue providing the services we provide.
I think Matt's original point (paraphrasing) of "Are you a CF programmer or are you an Application Developer?" is very valid and one that I have been criticised for in the past (i.e. always wanting to employ a "developer" versus a "cf programmer"). It is precisely these types of unforseeable events that mean the "business" of the company is protected - because of the employment policy.
For example, we are addressing some speed issues (very successfully) in our latest development. However, if I have to throw away the Browser and Coldfusion and recode the interface in something like Java Swing (or a C++ application) and develop our own server application to deliver an acceptable result to the business, then that is what I will do. Being locked into a skillset that has me saying "Sorry, our developers only know Coldfusion - so you are stuck with it" wont save my bacon. But the team I have are up to the task of migrating to different platforms and methodologies.
In this day and age, if you are locked into one development language then you are running a serious risk of becoming unemployed very quickly.
Regards,
Gary Menzel
Applications Development Manager
ABN AMRO Morgans
On 10/10/05, M@ Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However after the dot.com bust, I found it hard to find work as a contractor here in Melbourne.
So did most people after the .com bust regardless of what language you were using.
I find CF to be just as strong as ever, how ever it may depend on where you live etc,
A wise programmer once told me "once you think you have just about mastered a language, that's when its time to start learning another"
Follow that rule and you'll be fine.
Regards
M@
who's off to bed.
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