On 11/9/05, Hal Helms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have some people gone off their meds in the last week? First the cfsqltool > guy gets beat up, then we have to have a lengthy discussion about credit and > running a business, and now we have to rehash for the umpteenth time whether > CF is easier/better than language X? FWIW, this is not my idea of fun, nor > is it helpful.
Discussion and debate are healthy -- and ocassionally something gets learned by one of the parties or the reader(s). Considering that every conversation on this list ends up in Google/Y!/MSN/etc, continuing a discussion can serve to show someone coming into the debate from another method (eg a Google search) that there *IS* some debate about a particular point. As a specific instance, I've had CFSQLTool on my evaluate list for a while now. Based on the discussion so far, I've saved the time of digging through the code and can safely move on -- the time spent reading that argument saved me some time reevaluating something that it looks like I don't need. That's a plus for me, so I'm happy about the exchange. Sean's discussion was quite justified considering how many times he was slammed for being a MM/Adobe employee. And when someone makes claims you find ridiculous, engaging in a dialog is healthy. You'll notice that while Jim and I are disagreeing, I don't think either one of us has been uncivil. And it's simple enough to filter out what email you don't want to read. Or let Mr. Dinowitz move it along. -- John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint (blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] 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/[email protected]
