> From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I don't know about you guys, but when I went to CFUNITED, I > was somewhat surprised to see Microsoft as a major sponsor. > They were kind enough to give us copies of Visual Studio, and > an ASP.NET book. The presentation about IIS7 was cool since > that actually will have some effect on us as coldfusion developers. > > It seems though like their presence at CFUNITED is getting to > be a little much. One of the keynotes, by Microsoft, is > about developing apps with Microsoft Atlas, which is their > implementation of AJAX, using ASP.NET and Visual Studio. > > And then there is a 3 hour session titled "Building a > complete web application using ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2005, > and IIS7, End-to-end". > > What does that have to do with Coldfusion? > > I know *I* won't be signing up for either of those sessions! > I'm not an ASP.NET programmer and I have no intention of becoming one. > > I suppose M$ is paying good money ;)
I don't see a problem with MS being there, especially if their sponsorship money goes to the overall benefit of the conference itself. I think it's nice to have a good mix of technologies at CFUNITED as it is very rare that CF is the sole technology used for every aspect of a project. For instance, we have some very well written applications that make use of a slew of MS SQL Servers. The reporting requirements for some of these applications are pretty intense and we have found that Visual Studio 2005 and Reporting Services actually help us in the reporting area of things. Sure, the new reporting features in CF 7 are extremely helpful and nice to have but when reporting requirements dictate more robust reports along with off-line availability, there are other products/technologies/tools that are nice to use. Many people have stated it before and I will state it again, it can't hurt to expand your skills into other areas; especially when you can find ways to use all your tools together. Also, the books MS handed out at CFUNITED were worth a shitload at Borders. They gave me almost $200 in store credit which went to some books I was really interested in along with the Mazzy Star CD. :-) Tango ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231723 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
