To be fair, you said that in Nov of '06, and it's still not happened yet (though I also now think that it will).
I'd expect Adobe to take 12 to 16 or more financial quarters of profits on CF before making any big changes though... Good to see you still lurking on the list! -Cameron On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Adam Churvis < a...@productivityenhancement.com> wrote: > Hey, remember the firestorm over this: > > "Among other things, it means that when the time comes (relatively > soon), Adobe will most likely wash their hands clean of ColdFusion via > the open source route as well, rather than by trying to dump it on > another company." > > Caught about twelve yards of hell over that one. > > It will be interesting to see what happens. > > I hope everyone's doing well. Been a long time. > > Adam > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:41 AM, John Mason <ma...@fusionlink.com> wrote: > > Indeed some interesting moves lately. > > > > And just to be clear, I actually think that could be the best possible > > future for CF going forward. Sort like with Spoon.as/Apache and Flex, it > > could provide a new chance for life. The corporate Adobe umbrella I think > > has been more of a problem than anything, so finally breaking free might > be > > the best possible way for CF to find new ground. Adobe has bigger > challenges > > anyway, so it would help them to stay focused on their core issues. > > > > John > > ma...@fusionlink.com > > > > > > > > > > On 5/18/12 7:16 AM, Mark Fennell wrote: > >> > >> Perhaps JM's call of the last Adobe CF is more real than speculation and > >> Adobe is planning on releasing CF into the open source universe much > like it > >> did with action script. It would be a stretch, but perhaps Blue River > picked > >> up on that in conversations with Adobe and kicked up involvement in the > Open > >> CFML Foundation? All of this is mere speculation. > >> > >> On 5/18/2012 1:03 AM, Charlie Arehart wrote: > >>> > >>> Well they've sailed still farther out of the harbor: > http://img.ly/imYv > >>> > >>> /charlie > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: ad...@acfug.org [mailto:ad...@acfug.org] On Behalf Of Josh > Adams > >>>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:53 PM > >>>> To: discussion@acfug.org > >>>> Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] openCFML Foundation > >>>> > >>>> Well, okay: I meant to send that reply back only to John, not to the > >>> > >>> entire > >>>> > >>>> discussion list. > >>>> > >>>> But since I did send it to the list, let me add a little clarity: last > >>> > >>> year the > >>>> > >>>> ColdFusion BU was in discussions with Blue River (the makers of the > mura > >>>> content management system) about partnering for mutual promotion > (Adobe > >>>> of > >>>> mura and Blue River of ColdFusion). It seemed to me good progress was > >>> > >>> being > >>>> > >>>> made there so I was therefore surprised to see Blue River's > involvement > >>>> in > >>> > >>> the > >>>> > >>>> Open CFML Foundation. Clearly in the intervening months the Blue River > >>> > >>> guys > >>>> > >>>> have had a change of heart about what's best for their business--and > as > >>>> I > >>> > >>> said, I > >>>> > >>>> take no exception with that but it is of course disappointing from the > >>> > >>> Adobe > >>>> > >>>> perspective. > >>>> > >>>> Josh > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 5/17/12 10:46 PM, "Josh Adams"<joad...@adobe.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Are you at cf.Objective()? Or just following news online? > >>>>> > >>>>> It's interesting to me that the Blue River guys are involved in this: > >>>>> just in August I thought we were making good progress in relationship > >>>>> with them. I guess things have changed. I brought this to the > attention > >>>>> of the ColdFusion team when I heard about it; from there it's up to > >>>>> them how to handle Blue River. Disappointing from an Adobe > perspective > >>>>> (though I certainly don't begrudge the Blue River guys doing what > they > >>>>> deem best for their business). > >>>>> > >>>>> Josh > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > >>> http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > >>> > >>> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > >>> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > >>> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Adam Churvis > Productivity Enhancement > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?falogin.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Cameron Childress -- p: 678.637.5072 im: cameroncf facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140985>
