+100000000000000000! On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org> wrote: > >> I know it's an older post, but did anyone see this blog entry by John Mason: >> http://www.codfusion.com/blog/post.cfm/coldfusion-10-the-last-edition-from-adobe >> I am rather astonished to see an article like this from a leader in the CF >> Community. > > I'm not sure why there is so much FUD in the ColdFusion community over > the last year or so. As others have pointed out Adobe has a roadmap > for at least two more versions over the next couple of years. There > is a push to revitalize user groups. Railo is thriving and has > committed to a decade of future development. There is a HUGE install > base with applications that will need to be supported for many, many > years to come. Yes, there are other technologies that are "sexier" > than ColdFusion. Yes, there are situations where ColdFusion isn't the > best, fastest, or cheapest solution. Yes, there are a number of > things Adobe could/should be doing to make adopting ColdFusion > cheaper/easier/better. Having said that, ColdFusion still has a long > and glorious career ahead of it so I'm not at all worried about its > future. Even if there were more nails in the coffin than not, I still > wouldn't be worried. Why? Because I'm primarily a WEB developer, not > a ColdFusion developer. It's my preferred tool, but if all of CF > disappeared tomorrow I'd still be able to do my job. There will still > be Windows and Linux servers to manage. There will still be a dozen > other languages and platforms to work with. There will still be > databases to architect. There will still be businesses that need > applications developed on top of those platforms. Am I worried about > ColdFusion's future? Not particularly. Am I worried about web > development's future? Not at all. So please... can we stop all the > FUD around ColdFusion and its greatly exaggerated demise? > > > -Justin > >
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