Todd, I seriously doubt that Macromedia would not include functionality that is included in BD. that's like saying Mercedes won't offer GPS navigation cause Hunday sells it with their SUV.
The mere fact that BD is still alive and kicking is a market manifestation of the fact that MM hasn't met all the needs of their customer, whether it be price point concerns or functionality issues. In the constantly evolving software development marketplace MM cannot be stagnant even in developing and evolving Coldfusion. Companies such as BD and others force MM to respond to their customers need (I.E. the CFML community) by making their products "better" or more comprehensive. I think BD and other companies speaked more about the helthiness of the CFML language and maturity of the market than a weakness. It says there is room for not only improvement but competition. In the end that can only translate into a better product whether from MM or BD. Sean Scott Quoting Todd Rafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Jeffry, > > In the end, does that help or hurt us that use the MM CFMX Server? If > we chime up and say, "Well, Blue Dragon has it, why don't you?" Is MM > going to put it in or is MM going to ignore it because BD has it and > they're not going to do it? > > Food for thought, > ~Todd > > Jeffry Houser wrote: > > > At 12:35 PM 3/18/2004, you wrote: > > > >> 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? > > > > > > My one thought is that "new features" are the one piece of BlueDragon > > that Macromedia cannot possibly lay any claim of intellectual property > > too. With regards to CFML, they probably can make a claim that most > > of it is "theres" but I wonder how much effort they have put into > > securing their intellectual property. (I.E. is every CFML tag somehow > > trademarked or copyright ) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
