Because it's the Register, and they like to make up stuff :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:11 pm Subject: Re: MS CF?
> Here is a question. > Why is it that no other news outlet is reporting this? I mean, I > go to the > following sites, and these are the only stories I can find that > mention M$ > and MM in the same story: > > CNN: > http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/09/26/microsoft.flash.idg/index.html > MSNBC: Nothing > Bloomberg: Nothing > Forbes: Nothing > Macromedia: Nothing > M$: Nothing > > > I could go on, but I think you all get the point. Why is it that The > Register is allowed to break with this news, then all of the other > morereputable sources out there have nothing, and the one that > does touts the > relationship that MM and M$ have had. I say we all stop with "The > Sky Is > Falling" crap, move this to cf-community, and get back to taking about > substantiated facts rather than hollow rumors. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:50 PM > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > MSFT offers developers security? You mean like the VB developers > they> abandoned to launch VB.NET. Or the C++ developers they > abandoned for C#. > > Then of course there is the various technologies they have > abandoned in > > favor of something newer that does the same thing only > differently and > > incompatible with the last like DAO, RDO, and COM. > > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Adrocknaphobia Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:44 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > You can sit here and complain that MS is the bad guy, but they > are not > > > the company you have put your faith in. I know I have the > unpopular> view > > > on this list as anti-MM, but I can tell you that if MS owned > Flash,> you > > > wouldn't have to worry about it being sold again. Same goes > for Cold > > > Fusion. You could rest assured that the technology and > education you > > put > > > into MS will still be viable in 20 years. Which is something > only a > > fool > > > would say about Cold Fusion or Flash which are both still in their > > > relative adolescence. > > > > > > Quite frankly, MS offers developers security. Something that > MM and > > > Allaire have failed quite miserably at (IMO). > > > > > > Rest assured though, we will probably not fall to the evil > empire. If > > > acquiring MM is a bid to diminish J2EE, I would expect IBM or > Sun to > > > offer a merger to counter an MS acquisition. After all, they both > > seemed > > > to have invested a great deal in Cold Fusion and its J2ee > developers.> > > > > Although I still tell every CF developer I meet to learn a new > > language. > > > Bottom line is that a broader skill set is never a detriment. > > > > > > Adam Wayne Lehman > > > Web Systems Developer > > > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > > > Distance Education Division > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:22 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > nah - no pitying required :) > > > > > > So how would selling your MS shares after MM was acquired not be > > > reinforcing > > > your opinion below? You would both be voicing your disapproval > to MS > > and > > > be > > > profiting from it. Seems silly as an investor to voice your > opinion> > before > > > hand based on internet speculation from the Register. > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:58 AM > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, welcome to America where you vote means nothing unless > > > > there is an > > > > amount of money tied to it. I buy stocks in companies where I > > > > like their > > > > business practices, think they have good products, and > > > > approve of how they > > > > treat their staff. > > > > > > > > Sometimes I loose money, often I make money. Because in the > > > > end how you run > > > > your business is how you wind up being treated - in this > > > > world or the next. > > > > > > > > I disapprove of a lot of Microsoft's business practices, and > > > > I think they > > > > are an ethically bad company. They make money - yes - but > > > > that is all they > > > > do. > > > > > > > > Plus I sleep *really* well. > > > > > > > > ALL IMHO as it is my funny green pieces of paper that we have > > > > put value on. > > > > > > > > (If you think it's all about the money - I pity you) > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:39 AM > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > Why would you sell it? I'm no Wall St. slickster, but > > > > wouldn't you make out > > > > well if you were suddenly in possession of $54 MS stock in > > > > exchange for your > > > > $11 MM shares? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:32 AM > > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ha, from the Robertson-Ravo news source :) > > > > > > > > > > Guess now I *don't* have to sell my Macromedia stock, whew! > > > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:04 AM > > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > its not > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: 23 December 2002 17:07 > > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please tell me this isn't true. > > > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > http://treebeard.sourceforge.net > > > > > http://ruinworld.sourceforge.net > > > > > Scientia Est Potentia > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:07 AM > > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > > Subject: MS CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28667.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
