I don't think the author knows what they're talking about. I had the opportunity to see the CF code behind mySpace and frankly it was very poorly written (shiite comes to mind). No wonder it didn't scale. Their solution to any problem was to throw more hardware at it, not to fix the problem by writing scalable code.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeffr...@pobox.com> wrote: > > I've always been interested in how and why MySpace changed from ColdFusion to > ASP.NET. I've just seen a new book by Julia Angwin called "Stealing MySpace: > The Battle to control the most popular website in America." Here is what she > has to say about the change: > > Around 2004, MySpace was hitting its max loads and faced major upscaling and > server farming. In discussing that, Angwin writes: > > "At the same time, MySpace was contemplating finally transitioning from > ColdFusion, the programming language it had started with, to the more robust > ASP.NET Microsoft programming language. ColdFusion was a programming language > for quick and dirty websites, not for heavy-duty database applications. > Intermix board member Andrew Sheehan, who had joined MySpace's fledgling > board, helped MySpace get some discount software licenses from Microsoft." > > [end of quotation] > > There it is, friends, in black and white. Gee, you wonder where they got such > a negative impression of CF's capabilities? > > Jeff E > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309377 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
