hmmm....I don't know...some of the problems could have been from CFMX itself. 6.0 was a buggy release. Really buggy.
On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > And MySpace survived for a long time on CF 5 and Fusebox.... > The problems came in when they moved to CFMX and didnt test even remotely > adequately... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:mdino...@houseoffusion.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:26 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: MySpace and ColdFusion > > > Jeff, > > We have clear statements from myspace that the problem was more their > code and coding practice than anything else. Ask people who were at > cfunited what they said. Quick and dirty describes how they coded, not > how ColdFusion should be used. > > -- > Michael > > > > > 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:309392 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
