Thanks for sharing. Sounds like you did not have a fighting chance and their minds were made up before the meeting. Can't blame them about the ill feelings regarding Spectra. In hind sight, it was a major mistake made by Allaire, and it affected them everywhere, including their earnings and stock value. The latter of which affected me also.
Dan 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:4:184742 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
