Is keeping it really an option if I can't even get someone on the phone to buy it from? I have spent 1/2 of today just trying to talk with someone at MM about buying another copy of Spectra for a Dev server. I have tried this in the past as well, nothing, nada.
Messages not returned, Dead-end phone numbers, endless holding. How am I supposed to buy a copy? Bob Connolly eBusiness Specialist 952-279-4704 -----Original Message----- From: Tom Briscoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 5:28 PM To: Spectra-Talk Subject: RE: Keeping Spectra? I'm glad to see this thread is provoking more conversation. It is a useful discussion. I appreciate the FigLeaf folks contributing. I'd love to hear from other prominent developers in the CF community on the list if they'd like to toss in an opinion. (You know who you are. Wink-wink.) > I believe that Spectra could be made into a mature stable > product through the pooled resources of the community. I > imagine the shout of "RUN AWAY!" and "...out of the box > system(s) like CommonSpot..." are motivated more by a need to > make profit than a genuine desire to find the best solution. I do not fault anyone for working to make a fair profit. I think Steve Drucker was forthright in stating his bias. I would have indeed "run away" from Spectra when MM announced its end except we were caught in mid-development and well after the money was spent. I'll agree that Spectra 2.0 was an awesome product. (At least in my mind.) Macromedia's designation of Spectra as "community source" is ambiguous. Best I can fathom is that it was a solution to allow for bug fixes while dedicating minimal MM development staff. If Spectra was clear to be true "open source" or "community source" represented ongoing MM support, it might have opportunity to improve and add features. However, Spectra's current status cripples it. I question how much the community can carry it further if we don't have the explicit freedom to do so. Don't worry Macromedia. I still love you. And Allaire, I'll remember you fondly. Tom ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/spectra_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
