Yes BETA MAX rocked! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: RE: The New Macromedia Website
> > However, to put things bluntly, HTML sucks. > > Html might suck.. but it has driven internet..to where > it is today. Sure. That doesn't change the fact that it really, really sucks as an application interface. And who's to say that the internet wouldn't be in a better place today had things turned out differently? I've got a VHS VCR at home. Beta VCRs were much better (I used to have one). But I have a VHS because, well, that's the standard. That doesn't make it suck any less. > CFMX was re-written in Java as J2EE application, giving > developers the leverage to implement scalable applications... > and be productive(ROI). MM did a really good job...but > released too soon. I know plenty of people running CFMX production servers right now. They might disagree with your conclusion about releasing too soon. Maybe if you want to use ODBC to talk to your AS400 DB2, but that's a pretty small segment of users I suspect. > As for Flash and RIA.. its just another hype... > If anything is going to replace.. html...that will probably > be an open source technique..approved my W3C etc.. and when > all browser vendors agree to implement the alternative(RIA) > to "html"... that might be reality... If all browsers today support Flash, why would we need to wait for browser vendors to implement some other, as-yet-nonexistent standard? (I know SVG exists, I'm talking about nonexistent implementations.) Flash isn't perfect, but it's got a huge headstart over any competitors in that space. > until then.. "HTML" will rock.. JUST FACT! :) The fact is, we'll all continue using HTML for a while. I take issue with your argument that it'll "rock". It'll continue to suck for application interfaces. But someday, we'll all look back and shake our heads in disbelief that we actually used to write those things. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 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=89.70.4
