> >The viability of MM is key, IMO, because that influences the >decision of the enterprise level customers to choose CF - they >know the company wil be there to support the product when push >comes to shove. >
I have had to deal with this directly in the past. On two separate occasions I was providing consulting services to a large company that decided to migrate to a ColdFusion solution only after BlueDragon. In both cases the companies implemented the solution with ColdFusion MX because that was the established product with the larger user base. The reason for not migrating prior to BlueDragon was that the company did not want to get caught like a lot of Spectra customers with a product that is neither supported nor being enhanced. In that sense New Atlanta is most certainly helping the ColdFusion community and even helping to give Macromedia sales that they would not otherwise have. That's not to say they aren't taking sales away from Macromedia elsewhere, but my point is that there is a positive aspect to this from Macromedia's perspective too. In addition, anyone who is now a BlueDragon customer is potentially a future ColdFusion customer since the migration from BlueDragon to ColdFusion will be simpler than to any other alternative technology. my 2c Spike ---------------------------------------------------------- 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]
