I'd like to say one more thing about this issue, the AbleCommerce CF store is the best e-commerce store our company has ever sold and supported. We own the source code to the store and have modified many stores - some substantially. We have stores that receive maybe a few orders a day and a store that receives about 400 orders a day with thousands of visitors. We have continued to receive excellent tech support for the product.
John Cesta > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Randolph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:33 PM > To: CF-Server > Subject: Re: AbleCommerce 4.0 WILL Support ColdFusion, JSP and ASP > > > Hello John, > > Thank you for bringing this confusion to our attention so that we > can clarify it for everyone. If you should have any additional > questions or comments > please feel free to contact me directly at (360) 253-4142. > > Regards, > > Mike Randolph > > > > Actually, Mike, I respectfully beg to differ with you. I, as a partner, > > received two FYI e-mails from Able Solutions in the past two > months - Sept > > and Oct. In either one there is absolutely no mention of your companies > > switch to ASP. Here is the text that accompanied each FYI e-mail: > > > > "* CommerceBuilder 1.0 goes to public beta - Download a copy today! > > > > CommerceBuilder is a fully customizable real-time electronic commerce > > shopping system. It incorporates an online > > store-building utility that simplifies multiple store management. All > > system-level and merchant-level administration > > runs entirely from a web browser. With CommerceBuilder, you can > dynamically > > create and update your product > > inventory in real-time while using the built-in inactivate and preview > > features necessary for areas in construction. > > > > You have the ability to manage tens-of-thousands of products or > just one. A > > relational (hierarchical) database > > allows inventory into be organized into unlimited levels of > categories for > > easy page-by-page navigation. > > CommerceBuilder enables merchants to easily create and modify store > > templates using standard HTML editors > > such as Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia DreamWeaver. Twelve fully > > functional store templates are > > included with the program. These templates can be used as is, > or customized > > to give a unique look and feel. > > Integrated sub-modules include shipping, taxes, discounts, > order retrieval, > > product options, cross selling, and reports. > > > > CommerceBuilder can support multiple domains, multiple SSL > certificates, and > > custom template modifications while > > still using the dynamic settings provided by the online administration > > modules. At the core of CommerceBuilder is a > > set of compiled modules that can be accessed via popular web scripting > > languages. These modules provide the > > functions necessary to e-commerce, such as user tracking, product > > management, and online payment processing. > > Support for many third-party real-time credit card processors > is included, > > and the interface is fully extendable for > > integration with most other payment gateways." > > > > I don't see any reference to the new version being ASP and not > CF. I would > > think as a Partner we would have received a more informational > message than > > this. > > > > Maybe if we, as partners, DID receive the information you list > in times 1,2 > > and 3 below, we would not be confused as to what your company was up to > > until we heard about it upon its release. > > > > >Contact Katie in accounting to confirm your email is listed in > our system > > > correctly, so that you can avoid posting incorrect information in > > > this manner again. > > > > The information I posted, Mike, was given to me by your tech > support team. > > Like me, are THEY misinformed too? Should I trust what they say in the > > future? > > > > Respectfully, > > > > John Cesta > > > > John, WE ARE > > > GOING TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR COLDFUSION and will be adding > > > support for Macromedia JRun and Microsoft ASP. We are simply > > > releasing our new products to > > > multiple markets, which will help all of our partners. We are in > > > fact very excited to get our hands on the new NEO platform and > > > will be releasing our > > > new product hand in hand with the final release of NEO!!! > > > > > > To futher clarify: > > > > > > 1. We will be releasing 3 flavors of our new versions of the > > > software including ColdFusion, JSP and Microsoft ASP. > > > 2. The ColdFusion Version will be available when NEO is > > > released, which is delaying the release slightly. > > > 3. The JSP Version will Run on MacroMedia JRun and IBM > > > Websphear and possibly others. > > > 4. We have been constantly asking our partners for feedback > > > on the new product and have made the product available to > > > partners whom have > > > shown interest. > > > > > > Please feel free to contact me John if you need further > > > clarification. Contact Katie in accounting to confirm your email > > > is listed in our system > > > correctly, so that you can avoid posting incorrect information in > > > this manner again. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Mike Randolph > > > (360) 253-4142. > > > > > > > > > John Cesta - Lists wrote: > > > > > > > We are an Able Development partner and have been informed that > > > the new 4.0 > > > > AbleCommerce store is completely rewritten in ASP - the > > > language. They are > > > > going to create a great amount of confusion with their customer > > > base. They > > > > have already alienated their partners including our company. > > > They have not > > > > even bothered to inform us in ANY way of the change in the > > > store. I learned > > > > from talking with Mike in tech support last week. We've paid > > > this company > > > > plenty of money to be affiliated with them and their hosting > > > and development > > > > partner programs. You would THINK that they would have > > > announced to us that > > > > they plan on scrapping ColdFusion in the new release. But > NO that's not > > > > their style. > > > > > > and more... > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body or visit the list page at www.houseoffusion.com
