OK, I've watched this thread all day, reading the various posts, cringing at the various name calling and what not, and (though we've moved far into community territory) I want to chime in.
Andy Matthews is a fine developer, designer, and an all around nice guy. A month ago my employer hired Andy as another Senior Developer, who sits next to me everyday. I've known Andy for a little over a year, since I moved to Nashville, because he is a very active member of our ColdFusion User Group. He has a passion for development, a great love of good design, and actively supports many open source projects in some way shape and fashion, typically in an evangelical way and in sharing his knowledge. I read the various links he passed on today, paying attention to the message of each, and agree with most of what is put forth in the posts, when put into the context of a commercial venture. I don't think that this situation/contest is in line with Andy's fears. I am very much supporting Sean's (and other's) standpoints, in that this contest is in support of a widely accepted and utilized open source framework. Fusebox may now be under the stewardship of TeraTech, but it has never been about commercial profit or gain, in and of itself, and I doubt that TeraTech has any intentions of doing anything differently in that respect. 'Spec Work' in support of an entirely non-commercial venture, to the benefit of any community et al, is Pro Bono work, even within the context of a contest. Andy, I understand and agree with your overall view point, but I disagree with your stance in this context. And, I may be wrong, but I'm fairly sure many here probably feel the same way. The beautiful thing is, we have a right to our own opinions. I'll step off my soapbox now. If anyone wants to throw some mud in my direction, then please do it off list so everyone can get back to the core purpose of CF-Talk: Discussion on development with ColdFusion. P.S. Good Luck to anyone who participates in the contest. I'm not much of a designer (other than a love of CSS layout), otherwise I'd be all over it. I think the prizes being offered are outstanding, and should definitely make for some nice competition. -- Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Certified Professional Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Advanced Developer ____________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com "The Past is a Memory The Future a Dream But Today is a Gift That's why they call it The Present" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
