John...I think you nailed it....show us...don't tell us ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Quarto-vonTivadar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:10 AM Subject: Re: CF Compatability > > but please note that "substantially compatible" is different than being > "compatible". > > > > Damon, > > I think your compatibility point is well taken. But it would carry much more > weight when delivered by people outside of either camp. For example what a > Mike Dinowitz or Hal Helms or Howie Hamlin have to say about the > compatibility being substantially different or substantially the same, > simply because they aren't identified as being in one camp or another. > > *Of course*, a MACR person is going to say that that difference makes a > difference. And of course, a NA person is going to say that the few > differences are differences that make no difference. > > Better to present the argument as you did in your third paragraph and let > us, the paying public, decide whether the differences are substantial > *important* or not :) > > other than that, I was happy to hear how much effort is going into the > CFMX/CF5 compatibility issue. And if BlueDragon is the fire under that pot, > then it just goes to show that some competition is healthy! > > By the way, I'm dying to know what a "cess pool" test is! > > oh, one last comment: > > you'd said: > > There are language nuances, implied behaviors and hundreds of language and > server subtleties that make only ColdFusion MX "compatible" with >CF5. > > Now are you SURE you want to make that sort of point? This is the same sort > of approach that got us ListLen("a,b,,,c") = 3 > > Secret hand signs, mumbled invocations, and the blood of a chicken might > keep the savages in line, but it rarely attracts new converts among folks > who think for themselves. :) > > Give us documented features and explicit behaviour on a stable product, > that's what CF people want. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4