> This is the only incompatibility you
> mention, so it's the only one I can respond to right now.

Heh, my point exactly. My definition of an incompatibility includes
introducing tags in the cf namespace.

> Compatibility is a very high priority for us. I don't understand your
> statement or misperception that it's not.

You're version of compatibility may be a high priority, but you define
compatibility rather loosely.

> Regarding sandbox security: no, that's not something we support in the BD
> Java/J2EE editions. However, the "sandbox security" that's inherent in
> ASP.NET and supported by BD.NET is far superior to anything offered by
> CFMX.

>From the security perspective, ASP.NET's sandboxing implementation does not
work very well for shared hosting environments. If you have a web site that
needs to talk to an Access database, then you have to fully trust the web
site because there's no native .Net provider for Access. Once you fully
trust a web site, all bets are off.

Windows Server 2003 AppPools do a fair job, but they are just as quirky as
CFMX 6.1 sandboxes. For instance, if you're using ASP.Net web services, it's
not enough to place the AppPool user in the IIS_WPG group, you have to give
the IIS_WPG group full control over the Windows temp directory.

Those are just a few examples of the issues we've run into with sandboxing
.Net apps. We maintain an internal wiki of these types of issues. Suffice it
to say that the page for creating a ColdFusion MX 6.1 sandbox is a good deal
shorter than setting up an ASP.Net sandbox.

> As for BD enhancements, you and I just view things differently. I don't
> see how introducing a CFIMAP or CFIMAGE tag "breaks compatibility with
> ColdFusion" any more than calling them BDIMAP or BDIMAGE would; and I
> never will understand your perspective.

I actually evaluated BlueDragon for use in our shared hosting environment. I
found several bugs and posted them to your bug tracker. I've been on the
BlueDragon list since it was TagServlet. I've discussed these very issues on
that list. For you to be so blatantly dismissive of my opinion is pretty
shocking.

I'll let it go at that. I don't think this conversation is about
compatibility any more.
 
Ben Rogers
http://www.c4.net
v.508.240.0051
f.508.240.0057



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