Rey, What are you doing to better the situation near you? ~Simon
Simon Horwith Member of Team Macromedia Macromedia Certified Master Instructor Editor-in-Chief, ColdFusion Developers Journal Blog - http://www.horwith.com Rey Bango wrote: >Sean, > >I definitely agree with you that Blackstone's features (even CFMX's feature >set as well ) make it a very sophisticated server. No question about that. >Having been a past member of Team Allaire (before the MM acquisition) and a >CF instructor, I've been fortunate to have been involved in the early stages >of many CF iterations and BlackStone will be a monumental leap forward. > >That doesn't mitigate the fact that perception counts more for sales than >feature set does. Microsoft has proven that over and over. CF has never >truly been accepted as an Enterprise application server because of it's RAD >legacy. It's viewed as a toy. I've had this debate over and over with so >many people. Even people that were being sent to ColdFusion classes would >have this debate with me until I sat them down and gave them a rundown of >what was under the hood. > > In my area (South Florida), adoption of ColdFusion is almost nil. It was >once a big player (especially during the dotcom craze) but has since fallen >out of favor. I've heard on more than one occasion from middle managers and >executive management staffers (CTOs, VPs of IT, et al) that they would >choose PHP or ASP.Net over ColdFusion because of the cost. Perhaps it's >limited to my area or perhaps Macromedia's sales presence is just abysmal >here. I don't know but I do know that it's a sad state of affairs for those >who are trying to find ColdFusion opportunities in this area. > >It doesn't thrill me to have to look at alternatives. After so many years of >CF development, I still love to code in CFML. It's straightforward and >works. I just have to be pragmatic and for the area that *I* live in, CF >doesn't seem to have a bright future. > >Rey... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182098 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
