Alan, I think the main thing I see is the ecosystem of third-party software - including closed and open source applications - that depend on a CFML server. The more, the better - isn't that true?
-- Hugo Ahlenius fraxinus (at-sign) oxel.net http://www.oxel.net | -----Original Message----- | From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf | Of Alan Williamson | Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:09 | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: CFML Component Compatibility Chart | | | For example, Brett run this test and discovered that Railo passed the | most and ColdFusion failed the most. That is how he presented it. Me, | i read that as saying Railo failed the most, as we all unofficially | accept ColdFusion is the standard. | | So out of 140 tests, Railo differed (40 differences) from the "standard" | the most, where as OpenBD only differed in 15. | | We have to be very careful how we interpret and setup such tests. | | While this is interesting ... but let me pose something here to get the | discussions flowing. | | Do we really need a tight standard? | | In whose interests is it to adhere to? Yes we could build the most | "standardised" engine out there, but it's of no use if the others don't | implement the same. So is it really a standard then? | | The vast majority of people in my experience, rarely move engines once | development has started, and the only people that really seem to care | are the ones building the standard frameworks. Of course they want | life to be easier so they can only create one version. | | Yes all the engines strive to match each other as close as possible, but | to the CFML developer on the frontline, has it really lost you any money | at the moment __NOT__ having a true tag-4-tag function-4-function | compatibility? | | | | | On 29/04/2009 01:32, WebFlint wrote: | > I'd also like to say I'm really excited about CFML advisory committee | > and hope to see a convergence between the three on a standard. | | --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official site @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
