> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I made my response of thanks directly to Tim Buntel, not to > the list. > > Our plans are to help grow the codebase and continue with it > > indefinitely, as we are committed to CF as a platform, and > Spectra as > > our CMS framework. For people who are from CF shops, but haven't > > purchased a CMS yet, it will be a great framework to get started. > > Perhaps with some marketing push from MM and a good developer > > community, Spectra can be reborn again anew. > > Given the circus tricks required to install Spectra on CFMX I > very much doubt if any "new" people will bother with Spectra. > Do Macromedia have plans to improve installation of the open > source product?? When they remove the Ektron editor, Sybase > and any other third-party components what are they replacing > them with -- how much of an investment are they likely to > make to get this thing to work?
I don't think this is quite fair. The third party tools are what - Ektron and Sybase. However, Sybase was ONLY used for OOB experience and demos. You do not need Sybase. Ektron is an HTML editor, and a good one, but can easily be replaced by alternatives. > As a closing note... If you are CF/Spectra shop looking for a > CMS solution that is open source and actively supported by a > growing developer and user base -- you might consider FarCry > CMS (http://farcry.daemon.com.au/). Especially since the > migration path and learning curve for Spectra shops is minimal. So, is this list going to turn into a "Since Spectra is dead, here is my CMS" list? If so, my company also offers a CMS. ;) ======================================================================== === Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
