The spectra move burnt a lot of companies I think. Many people have had egg on their faces with their customers because of this.
I am sorry to hear that but that eches something that I am hearing too in companies. And although absolutely wrong its basically going mean that everybody will be doing .net and not enough people will be doing CF :) I wonder if MM will buy Blue Atlanta.. sounds like a strategically sound idea MD On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:49:16 +0100, Micha Schopman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I promised to return back on this after the meeting. In short, > ColdFusion will be history in this company, and it will be replaced by > tadadadaaaa ASP.NET. Reasons in short: > > - Market demands Microsoft solutions > - Company lost their trust in Macromedia, we used to do a lot of Spectra > and invested a lot in it (for ex: with partnerships) and during the > Allaire time they were very satisfied but then just out of the blue > Spectra was dropped (bye investments), and the acquisition by Macromedia > made it worse. They invested a lot into partnerships but never received > anything out of it. > > I suggested the project I was working on to be released to the open > source community, and they will think about it because it involves more > than just releasing it. > > Arguments about shorter product development times, Blackstone etc. were > reacted on with ".. ASP.NET is our future, we are done with Macromedia". > > Micha Schopman > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184717 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54