I'd like to hear Vince's response to Jeff as well. These are my concerns too.
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Vince,
It is clear you've built a viable product, but I have some pretty big concerns about BD as a long-term CF'er.
First of all, CF has survived on the strength and viability of the company that has developed it - Allaire now Macromedia. How does diluting MM's income stream (and thereby potentially threatening its viability) help the language? The marketing clout of MM and its garnered goodwill in the business world is a big part of why CF is considered a viable solution by many. Regardless of anyone's opinion of MM as a corporation, they have navigated some pretty difficult waters and remained viable - a substantial accomplishment.
Secondly, how does developing different versions of CF from different vendors help the language? Lack of standardization can be a huge downside for the marketing of a product.
Thirdly, aren't you trading on the good name and reputation of CF? The good name and reputation that was created by the efforts and dollars Allaire/Macromedia (and represents a substantial asset). Are you in any way compensating MM for this? Do you think you should?
It isn't as though CF was ever promoted as an open-source solution - I would think it is the intellectual property of MM? If so, how is it legal to "add features" to core CF? Doesn't this get borderline into Sun Vs. MS type stuff?
You can of course say that competition is a good thing and it is - but there is already tons of competition in the application server space. I have doubts as to whether diluting efforts within the scope of this application server technology benefits us as a developer community (whose livelihood substantially depends currently on the viability of MM and its marketing clout). Maybe its all good, but I really need to be convinced of this.
Jeff
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