Frankly, I don't care if MM focuses DW entirely on the COBOL market ... It's NOT CF, it's an IDE and a crappy one at that. It's an excellent visual tool for building websites, but it's not so hot at being a "programmer's IDE". It has potential as an IDE, but I personally can't stand it. And yes, I used it for a month and still feel the same.
Aside from that, how can you expect MM to drop everyone else just because they own CF now? I'd prefer them to keep making money so they can keep developing CF. They have to compete with the other offerings out there - GoLive, FrontPage, VisualStudio, etc. You run a business right? Would you drop all your old customers across several markets because you got some new ones in one small market who screamed a lot? There's no reason to turn DWMX into a CF-only tool - how many people out there ONLY write CF? How successful do you think Macromedia would be if they applied that kind of myopic principal to all of their products? Joshua Miller Head Programmer / IT Manager Garrison Enterprises Inc. www.garrisonenterprises.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (704) 569-0801 ext. 254 ************************************************************************ ************* Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them to be the views of Garrison Enterprises Inc. This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete it immediately and advise us by return e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ************* -----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:48 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: DWMX 2004 - Whats new for us? > Granted, I pretty much stopped using DW when MX rolled out, but lots > of people love it. You can't expect MM to stop schmoozing it's > pre-existing customer base and ONLY focus on CF. Seriously now, you > don't want all those ASP and PHP folks spending their money somewhere > else - the beauty > of it is that all of those people who buy DW and use it to code PHP and > ASP are contributing to the future of MM and CF with their funds. > I disagree with the above statement. The market for ASP and PHP is growing, while the CF market is shrinking. Certainly, there is reason right now for Macromedia to support ASP, PHP, and CF, but at what point does the size of each respective market force MM to focus DW on only the largest markets, namely ASP and PHP? Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.MontaraSoftware.com (888) 408-0900 x901 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
