I'm glad to see they put someone who has a clue in charge, Nat. Thanks.
Yeah, I got your sarcasm, but do you really want to see Cold Fusion die? I
don't. They're doing to piss a bunch a people off with this. It's going to
get harder and harder to convince people that CF is going to be around for
the long term, and that they (our potential clients) should let us code in
Fusebox-ed Fusion, rather than ASP. We lost a huge contract recently
because we are a CF-only house...Government contract - they didn't want to
buy CF Server. Yeah - that particular instance won't change much with this
new grand scheme in the small picture..., but in the big picture, it is
going to get harder and harder for CF programmers. I've literally watched a
bad-idea-license system completely F-up a perfectly good product. People
left in droves.
Fortunately CF programming is just a small slice of what we do. I guess
I'll keep my opinions to myself, and go back to making money and generally
enjoying myself with CF 4.5 as long as I can. Thanks, Nat.
-Bill
www.brainbox.tv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nat Papovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 8:54 PM
Subject: RE: Development contract
> We will do as you say, Bill
>
> Nat Papovich
> Lead Macromedia HHWDIA (head honcho who decides it all)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 5:44 PM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: Re: Development contract
> >
> >
> > Macromedia -
> >
> > I do not own a hosting company, but if I did I would be really miffed by
> > this forced-purchase. I think a better alternative is to give
> > the option of
> > the improved capabilities of the Hosting Service Provider Edition, but
if
> > you can't afford the upgrade, then you can still offer Cold Fusion 5.0.
> >
> > You're going to loose a lot of people, or people are just going to not
> > upgrade. Either one = less revenue for you, less market share of the
ASP
> > market, and irritated customers. Give us an option.
> >
> > -Bill
> > www.brainbox.tv
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Nitterauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 6:26 PM
> > Subject: RE: Development contract
> >
> >
> > > FYI:
> > >
> > > Hosting Service Provider Edition Clarification
> > >
> > > Yesterday we sent an email to Macromedia ColdFusion hosting partners
> > > regarding the new Hosting Service Provider Edition of
> > ColdFusion Server 5.
> > > The information in the email was unclear, which caused some confusion
> > about
> > > ColdFusion Server 5 pricing and licensing policies in general. On
behalf
> > of
> > > the team, first I want to apologize for any confusion caused by
> > the email.
> > >
> > > ColdFusion Server 5 is a very exciting release. The focus has been on
> > > building features that developers have been requesting for years.
You'll
> > > find support for user defined functions, incremental page output,
> > charting,
> > > a new administrator, and major performance increases among other cool
> > > features. At the same time that we've been building enhancements,
we've
> > been
> > > very focused on quality, and so far, the feedback in the beta
> > program has
> > > been very positive.
> > >
> > > With the exception of the Hosting Service Provider Edition, we're not
> > > changing the basic licensing policies or pricing. As a merged company,
> > we're
> > > focused on the needs of ColdFusion developers more than ever.
Macromedia
> > is
> > > deeply committed to the ColdFusion community and the vision behind
> > > ColdFusion Server, and we're making a significant investment in the
> > product.
> > > We understand that having high quality hosting options is important to
> > > developers, and one of our focuses for this release is to expand the
> > number
> > > of service providers participating in our hosting partner program.
> > >
> > > When we announce formally on Monday, there will be a lot more
> > information
> > > available about the new release on our Web site. To help clarify the
> > Hosting
> > > Service Provider Edition policies, we've posted an FAQ about the new
> > edition
> > > at:
> > >
> > > http://www.allaire.com/products/coldfusion/cf5hostingfaq.html
> > >
> > > If you have more questions or concerns about this new edition,
> > please feel
> > > free to drop me a note. I'm looking forward to your feedback on
> > ColdFusion
> > > Server 5!
> > >
> > > Jeff Whatcott
> > > Director, ColdFusion Product Marketing
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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