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Apparently its going to be released at $99 a user....... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Westbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] OT: Are Macromedia trying to reduce our business? > totally agree. however, one ray of light is that most 'numbnut' clients are > so clueless they won't even know such a system from MM _exists_ > > but no, not good news. most of my business is domain registrations and cms > builds (increasingly in PHP), so I'm not chuffed either. > > Ian W > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Tazewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:55 AM > Subject: [ cf-dev ] OT: Are Macromedia trying to reduce our business? > > > Interesting twist from MM in the form of "Macromedia Contribute". Basically > a content management system for 'flat' websites. > > The software allows non-technical numbnuts to browse through a site and edit > as they go. Take a look at the demos (which are huge) because you won't get > any idea of what it is from my poor excuse for an explanation. > > My question is: are macromedia trying to kill off some of our valuable > business? Creating out-of-the-box content management solutions isn't new, > and anybody can build one... but with MM building one, and probably selling > it extremely cheap (no prices available as yet), its doing us no favours at > all. > > If I create an out-of-the-box solution and try to sell it to random punters, > chances are I won't make a fortune. For businesses like mine, we don't have > the time or the money to put into large marketing campaigns so we're not > likely to get a massive audience. But for Macromedia its not a problem. They > already build the industry standard web authoring software, so its not like > they've got to make a massive effort to make people aware of new software. > > I don't know about you, but building content management systems is a large > part of my business, and I can't really welcome something like this. > > There you go... that's my neck stuck out for anyone to take an axe to (for > anyone who watched Sleepy Hollow last night)... > > Taz > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
