At a high level, I expect the platform to be a starting point for a series of evolutionary mutations that may result in any number of application solutions that share some common DNA and vary to some level depending on the purpose for each application. To extend the bio-science metaphor, each application solution built on the platform represents a new species.
At a lower level, I expect individual developers to add, remove, or change features and functionality to suit their own needs. For instance, the current AJAX implementation uses ExtJS, but I would expect some people to prefer an implementation of JQuery or some other framework, and there could be an evolutionary branch of the platform that implements JQuery rather than Ext. At an even lower level, someone may re-write a particular method in the system to be more efficient without requiring any changes to the core API. My aim is for the "core" platform to be free and open source, and to allow developers to build solutions - free or commercial - on top of the platform. The evolutionary value of this approach will be felt as more developers participate in sharing their individual mutations with the community, whether through sharing source code or simply registering any core changes they make to the system. There are lots of details to work out, but the general approach should work. I just registered the domain cfcolony.org. I'll see if I can get something up this weekend. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, so do you see it more as: > > a set of tinker toy connectors, with people adding pieces to the kit for > all > to use > > or > > a pot luck dinner, where people bring their different food, and sit > together > to eat? > > (one is more technical, one more social) > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Scott Raley <sra...@itc-llc.com> wrote: > > > > > This is like CFEclipse Plus > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Munn [mailto:cfmuns...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:07 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: application platform name - round two > > > > > > The goal of the platform is to create common high-level functionality > from > > which to build application solutions. Anyone who wants to share R & D > costs > > for CF application development can use it. > > > > I am considering building a bio-inspired computing model to handle > > evolutionary changes to the platform over multiple generations.That's an > > ambitious goal, but I think it is achievable. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > One sentence, what does it do again? > > > One sentence, who uses it again? > > > > > > (short sentences best) > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Scott Raley <sra...@itc-llc.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Can I see it before I suggest names for it? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Robert Munn [mailto:cfmuns...@gmail.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:44 PM > > > > To: cf-community > > > > Subject: application platform name - round two > > > > > > > > > > > > Round two for the new application platform name. What do you think > > about > > > > Colony? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > --------------- > > > > Robert Munn > > > > www.emergentpath.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291539 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
