> [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. ;)

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Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc
(www.mindseye.com)
Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia)

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