do you have any other sessions coming up? Just wondering -- June 4 is the beginning of a semester and is so not happening, even if i could get it approved by then.
>$3,500, and we'd love to have you in the class. Good times. :) > >Respectfully, > >Adam Phillip Churvis > >Get advanced intensive Master-level training in >C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at >ProductivityEnhancement.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:24 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Is CF dying? (Of course not!) > >How much is the class? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:44 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Is CF dying? (Of course not!) > >It was really hard for us to tiptoe away from ColdFusion and toward ASP.NET >after all these years, but we just couldn't deny what was happening: > >* Most of the popular sites were either not written in ColdFusion, or were >trying to move away from it. > >* Most of the largest businesses didn't run on ColdFusion, and those that >did were in the process of moving to another platform. And don't count >Adobe; they switched to ColdFusion for obvious political reasons (how would >it have looked if they didn't eat their own dog food?). > >* We kept hearing about companies wanting to reengineer their entire >enterprises using .NET because of what it offered both on the Internet and >off. > >* There was only so far we could go in this industry if we stuck to >ColdFusion. BlueDragon.NET was a great step forward, but once we got into >things like SharePoint and Workflow Foundation, it was clear that an >all-.NET solution was going to work best when we had to cover the entire >enterprise. > >The more we've moved into .NET, the better our business has been, and the >more we've been able to do for our clients. We still do some CFML (almost >entirely on BlueDragon.NET), but new projects are typically ASP.NET-based. > >If you want a glimpse of how far you can go with .NET, go to your local >bookstore and thumb all the way through a recent copy of MSDN magazine. >Then for the sake of comparison, thumb through a recent copy of CFDJ >Magazine (if you can find it on the magazine rack). Compare the content of >the two magazines, and ask yourself which one best represents the best >future for you as a professional developer. > >Then go to Amazon.com and search for ASP.NET titles published within the >most recent three years (just ASP.NET; we're not even talking about the >other .NET-related technologies that businesses are clamoring for, like >SharePoint and Windows Presentation Foundation). Then do the same for >ColdFusion titles. > >BTW, if you're interested in fast-tracking into ASP.NET/C#, we have one seat >left in our intensive class coming up the week of June 4. It's a ballbuster >(5 days, 8AM-7PM) and you'll need to bring your game face, but you'll leave >knowing how to build applications in ASP.NET and C#. > >And it will give you a bit more perspective on why I stated what I did. > >Respectfully, > >Adam Phillip Churvis > >Get advanced intensive Master-level training in >C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at >ProductivityEnhancement.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: O?uz Demirkap? [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:43 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Is CF dying? (Of course not!) > >Has anybody seen this? > >http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&arti >cleId=9020942&pageNumber=2 > >*5. ColdFusion* > >This once-popular Web programming language -- released in the mid-1990s >by Allaire Corp. (which was later purchased by Macromedia Inc., which >itself was acquired by Adobe Systems Inc.) -- has since been superseded >by other development platforms, including Microsoft Corp.'s Active >Server Pages and .Net, as well as Java, Ruby on Rails, Python, PHP and >other open-source languages. Debates continue over whether ColdFusion is >as robust and scalable as its competitors, but nevertheless, premiums >paid for ColdFusion programmers have dropped way off, according to >Foote. "It was really popular at one time, but the market is now crowded >with other products," he says. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235579 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
