RE: [CFCDev] A sad, sad day

[Nolan Erck]

My 2 cents…   It depends on what those in charge saw as viable reasons to buy Macromedia.  If there is a particular product(s) they are interested in (or interested in eliminating), then that will be a factor that we probably don’t have much info on yet.   I was a part of one merger/acquisition a few years ago that was anything but friendly.  From the outside it was very similar – one bigger company buying a smaller one, to become this new entity, etc.  The reality of it was, the new parent company was only interested in 1 of our products, and everything else (and everyone else working on other things) was done away with in the coming months.  So I feel it’s really tough to tell why one company buys another, until we actually see what their intentions are.   Has anyone else noticed that the MM “regulars” on this list haven’t posted anything about this topic on their blogs yet?  Ben Forta made mention of the acquisition, but did not add any additional commentary.  I did just find SOME info in Mike Chambers blog (http://www.markme.com/mesh/archives/007504.cfm) about this, but a lot of it reads like official Stockholderspeak.  But that’s all I’ve seen thus far.         Nolan Erck Web Developer/Programmer Schools Financial Credit Union (916) 569-5409 Office (916) 569-2024 Fax www.schools.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Rawlinson Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:44 AM To: CFCDev@cfczone.org Subject: Re: [CFCDev] A sad, sad day   I agree with Ryan.  I personally don't think, as a CF developer, that this news really impacts my future much. I'm not worried at all. First it was Allaire, then Macromedia, next Adobe.  CF will continue on as is I am sure.  Adobe has no compelling reason to do away with it - and only positive reasons to keep it. It doesn't have any competing technolgies already under the adobe umbrella - and will simply give Adobe a entry in a new market. Bill On 4/18/05, Ryan Duckworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think that most ColdFusion programmers / managers are overreacting to this announcement. The programmers of CF 7 (BlackStone) are not likely to be let go because of this. Let's suppose that I was a manager at Adobe, I would see ColdFusion as a great revenue stream, and I would want to retain those programmers and project managers that have grown the subscriber base. I think we as a community would be best off to be optimistic about this because the individuals who built CF 6 & 7 are likely to still be in charge of future releases. In addition, I think it would be in the best interest of Adobe to keep major players such as Ben Forta and many others actively involved in the CF community & releases. Ryan Duckworth Macromedia ColdFusion Certified Professional Uhlig Communications 10983 Granada Lane Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 754-4272 ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.rawlinson.us If you want Gmail - just ask. ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may contain privileged information exempt from disclosure under applicable law. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, employee, or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete the message from your computer and immediately notify the sender by telephone (you may call collect) at 916-569-5400 or by e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org