Re: [flexcoders] Re: Macromedia Labs site

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:08:36 -0700

*snip*
That said, leading an open source project can be a good career move
*snip*

Yup, that's definitely true, but don't bet the farm on getting money out of it directly.

Spike

On 10/18/05, Hans Omli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Agreed.  It's pretty difficult to compete with free.  That said, leading an open source project can be a good career move, so maybe someone in the CF community will come up with one.

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Spike
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:12 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Macromedia Labs site

I'm not totally convinced that there would be significant uptake for a CF wiki.

I was looking for one a few weeks ago and ended up going with mediaWiki too. I'm no PHP guru, but it only took about an hour to get everything set up including installing PHP and getting the database setup.

With that knowledge it would be very hard for me to justify paying for one and I'm sure I'm not alone.

I'm sure some people would buy it, but I doubt if you'd get back the money you spent developing it.

my 2cents

Spike

On 10/18/05, Tariq Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think there's a business opportunity to create a CF based Wiki; I've had to integrate a PHP one because there aren't any good CF based ones out there.

But I just want to comment that for MACR to make one; the decision would be to divert resources. Frankly I'd rather see MACR focusing on their core products, as opposed to pulling CF guys off of CF8 to make a CF based wiki which would be totally sunk cost unless they plan to sell it as a product. Financially it wouldn't make sense.


charlespaz1 wrote: 
I recognized it as MediaWiki, and I understand PHP is a great tool, I
use it myself when the project calls for it.  I have nothing against
Macromedia using PHP if it is the right tool for the job.   However,


as the "15th Billionth" person to comment on this, I find the
impression that it gives in this case an unsettling one.

How would you feel if Microsoft hosted their web pages on Linux/Apache

instead of Windows/IIS?  Or developed Office in Delphi?  It just

wouldn't give a great impression of their confidence in their own product.

Who, if not Macromedia, has the most knowledgable people of
ColdFusion?  Who, if not Macromedia, should be running a ColdFusion

based Wiki, to not only showcase their product, but to show their

confidence in its use in an enterprise environment.

With a simple Google search today I found a ColdFusion wiki, and I've
downloaded a few others previously. 

http://www.cdsi-solutions.com/cfwiki/

But hey, that's just my opinion.

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, Mike Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  
Yes. It is using MediWiki, which powers wikipedia.

mike chambers
    



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