Whoops... Just go to the silicon.com homepage. The link is in the Breaking News list "Macromedia does web design for dummies"
> That link is prompting me for a login ? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:stephen@;cfmaster.co.uk] > > Sent: 11 November 2002 10:24 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] OT: Are Macromedia trying to reduce > > our business? > > > > > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?U4D852862 > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > -- > ** 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]
