Well, I think this would pretty well kill ColdFusion. ASP.NET, imho, is far superior to CF. Not to mention that MS would not want to support a server product for something other than Windows.
----- Original Message ----- From: William Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, December 23, 2002 6:40 am Subject: Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against Java > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28667.html > > Microsoft Corp is believed to have trained its acquisition > crosshairs on Macromedia Inc, lining up a deal that would throw > enterprise Java into a spin, Gavin Clarke writes. > Industry and analyst sources believe Microsoft covets San > Francisco, California-based Macromedia's Flash vector graphics > design tool and player, which was radically updated this year. > Microsoft's own scripting efforts are regarded as relatively > inferior to the cross-platform Flash, which now supports XML, > Unicode, MP3 and HTML and which was taken closer towards Java 2 > Enterprise Edition (J2EE) in 2002. The Flash Player, meanwhile, is > compatible with most browsers and used on nearly 90% of desktops. > ... More in the article > > > -- > Bill Wheatley > Senior Database Developer > Macromedia Advanced Coldfusion 5 Developer > Ediets.com > ICQ - 417645 > Aim - Bill Ediets > 954-749-5013 x159 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
