This is exactly the kind of thing that Adobe should meet head on, issuing a statement calling her out on the accuracy of this statement.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeffr...@pobox.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:17 PM To: cf-community Subject: MySpace and ColdFusion 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:309396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
