On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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. > > cf catalyst ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:291896 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
