Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-05-02 Thread Larry W. Virden
from: Neil Clark - =TMM= [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see it this way, why pay over 3K for a machine which uses an OS I can get for cheap or even free - that’s the killer.! Exactly - why Would Macromedia support Windows like this? I mean - to support a brain damaged operating system, that is truly

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-30 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 06:06 PM, Dave Watts wrote: BBBTW WebObjects, the first App Server on the web, was originally developed by Next Be careful with this revisionist history! I'm not sure what it means to be an app server, and WebObjects has been around for a long, long time,

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-30 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 12:04 AM, Dick Applebaum wrote: Oops, the Tidbits reference is: http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06465 (I just get so excited) Dick __ Get the mailserver that powers this list

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-30 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 01:39 PM, Vernon Viehe wrote: That's the impression I have as well (note, I'm not saying anything official, it' just the impression I'm under) Since it runs on top of a J2EE server, it theoretically should work, but it won't be supported by MM Tech Support.

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-30 Thread Bud
On 4/29/02, Vernon Viehe penned: Meanwhile, you can use a remote testing server (DWMX makes this easy!), so Mac folks aren't blocked from CF development, they just won't have it all in one box. I've been developing in CF for 3 years now and can happily say I have NEVER had to type a line of

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-30 Thread Bud
On 4/29/02, Neil Clark - =TMM= penned: I see it this way, why pay over 3K for a machine which uses an OS I can get for cheap or even free - that’s the killer.! tongue firmly in cheek Last I looked, my 15,000.00 Dell Server would have cost 799.00 less had I gotten it with Linux as opposed to

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread BillyC
A Mac has some significant advantages for web developers. For example: you can easily and inexpensively run multiple concurrent platforms (Win 9x, Win NT, Win 200, Win MX, Linux, OS X, etc) to test the look and feel of an application in these environments... you can do this all on a

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Venable, John
Supposedly Apple's implementation of Java is very well done too. I'm hoping at least we'll see some CF Studio-like features (RDS) in the new Dreamweaver... John Venable -Original Message- From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:31 PM To: CF-Talk

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Neil Clark - =TMM=
I think as I stated earlier, is that Apple / OSX is not in the mainstream for things like ISP's etc... So in business terms it would be suicidal to create an OSX version of server software which you may sell only a handful of units. I must admit, I have never been a fan of Macs (and yes, I have

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
actually I beleive it will run on OSX, but it will not be officially supported...just passing on what I have heard from folks in the know ;-) Bryan Stevenson VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 12:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then couldn't you run CFMX on one of those variants of Windows or Linux? Yes, conceivably... they say it should work... but so far no luck... But being able to run it is far different than having it as an officially

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Venable, John
: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant] I think as I stated earlier, is that Apple / OSX is not in the mainstream for things like ISP's etc... So in business terms it would be suicidal to create an OSX version of server software which you may sell only a handful

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 12:39 PM, Venable, John wrote: Supposedly Apple's implementation of Java is very well done too. Those more expert than I, say it is one of the best Java IDEs available... __ Signup for the

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Ryan Kime
things work. Since CF is written in Java, I would think it would be easy to port right now than any other time in Mac history. OSX-Java-Apache-?CF? -Original Message- From: Neil Clark - =TMM= [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Vernon Viehe
! Vernon Viehe Community Manager Macromedia, Inc. -Original Message- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:03 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX OS X [rant] actually I beleive it will run on OSX, but it will not be officially supported...just

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Neil Clark - =TMM=
I mean commerical providers. And I wouldn’t call Apple OS a true 'Nix, not as yet :-) Believe me I am not atagonising any Mac users here, I am simply stating what I believe to be correct in my eyes, people can agree/disagree as they see fit - that’s what forums are about! Neil

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 12:46 PM, Neil Clark - =TMM= wrote: I think as I stated earlier, is that Apple / OSX is not in the mainstream for things like ISP's etc... So in business terms it would be suicidal to create an OSX version of server software which you may sell only a handful of

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Neil Clark - =TMM=
That’s good news Vern, but I am sure MM will be adamant that if you do tweak it to run and its not supported etc.. then if it breaks and you lose stuff - then its your own fault - that’s not really a good position to be in is it? Neil

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Jesse Noller
- From: Vernon Viehe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:39 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant] That's the impression I have as well (note, I'm not saying anything official, it' just the impression I'm under) Since it runs on top of a J2EE server

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Jesse Noller
To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant] That's good news Vern, but I am sure MM will be adamant that if you do tweak it to run and its not supported etc.. then if it breaks and you lose stuff - then its your own fault - that's not really a good position to be in is it? Neil

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Cantrell, Adam
Shouldn't you be pissed at Java's (Sun's) marketing team? You can't really hold Macromedia responsible for the term Write Once, Run Anywhere not holding true to it's claim. If it worked like it was marketed to work, then any J2EE application would work on THE Virtual Machine - not just vendor

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Vernon Viehe
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:41 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX OS X [rant] On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 12:46 PM, Neil Clark - =TMM= wrote: I think as I stated earlier, is that Apple / OSX is not in the mainstream for things like ISP's etc... So in business

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Vernon Viehe
well, no, it's not, and I'm not recommending it. What I did say is that if someone attempts it, I'd love to know how it goes. Vern -Original Message- From: Neil Clark - =TMM= [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:41 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Neil Clark - =TMM=
As I recall, we're not too far removed rom the days when CF was not in the mainstream for things like ISP's. etc Touche :-) Again, I hear you, I simply think its has been weighed up and the thought is that the Millions of Mac users against the Multi-Million Other Platform users had the others

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Kreig Zimmerman
. But it is still BSD Unix. To paraphrase what someone else said today on this list, it is indeed Unix with an extremely fancy window manager. - Original Message - From: Neil Clark - =TMM= To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:36 PM Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant] I

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Neil Clark - =TMM=
I didn’t me anything bad by it, I mean that if you ask any *Nix man about a Nix machine and they are v.v.v.unlikely (I would say 100%) to say oh yeah - OSX .. I meant it isnt regarded as so (as of yet); it is simply the new Apple OS... With a JellyBean interface of course ;-) Neil

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Matt Liotta
: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant] I didn't me anything bad by it, I mean that if you ask any *Nix man about a Nix machine and they are v.v.v.unlikely (I would say 100%) to say oh yeah - OSX .. I meant it isnt regarded as so (as of yet); it is simply

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Neil Clark - =TMM=
Okay it’s a case of agree to disagree I personally don’t like the Mac in any incarnation - it may be a fantastic Unix solution, but I have yet to see any real-world examples of it being so (that are not Apple.com based - that said, is the Apple site hosted on OSX?) I see it this way, why

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Matt Liotta
To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant] Okay it's a case of agree to disagree I personally don't like the Mac in any incarnation - it may be a fantastic Unix solution, but I have yet to see any real-world examples of it being so (that are not Apple.com based - that said

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 03:59 PM, Neil Clark - =TMM= wrote: Okay itís a case of agree to disagree I personally donít like the Mac in any incarnation - it may be a fantastic Unix solution, but I have yet to see any real-world examples of it being so (that are not Apple.com

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dick Applebaum
* the largest Unix vendor in the world. Dick -Matt -Original Message- From: Neil Clark - =TMM= [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX OS X [rant] I didn't me anything bad by it, I mean that if you ask any *Nix man about

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Matt Liotta
I am not as think as drunk I am. -Matt -Original Message- From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX OS X [rant] On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 03:41 PM, Matt Liotta wrote: What are you talking about? OS

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dick Applebaum
: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:41 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX OS X [rant] On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 12:46 PM, Neil Clark - =TMM= wrote: I think as I stated earlier, is that Apple / OSX is not in the mainstream for things like ISP's etc... So in business terms it would be suicidal

RE: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Watts
BBBTW WebObjects, the first App Server on the web, was originally developed by Next Be careful with this revisionist history! I'm not sure what it means to be an app server, and WebObjects has been around for a long, long time, but there were CGI applications before then, I think. Dave

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 05:35 PM, Matt Liotta wrote: I am not as think as drunk I am. Gee! I thought it was only me! Urp! __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread John Venable
I have to jump in on this one again. Though I have some experience with C and C++ as well as CF I don't consider myself a programmer. I am more of a designer. I became aware of Cold Fusion through my college which has a pretty cool Publications Design program which basically trains

Re: CFMX OS X [rant]

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Fafard
Why pay for Coldfusion when you can get PHP for free? That's the killer : ^ ) You are missing the point. dave On 4/29/02 6:59 PM, Neil Clark - =TMM= [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay it’s a case of agree to disagree I personally don’t like the Mac in any incarnation - it may be a