Agreed. I wouldn't pass that article around, or even bother commenting on it.
-----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Yet another article about how 'coldfusion never took off' Definitely flame bait. They want you to respond, and spread the article around. Step away from the keyboard. Jerry On 7/13/07, Peterson, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sheesh, they are comparing Coldfusion to the likes of ALGOL and > something called 'Befunge'. Where do these editors come from? > > From the article: > > Given its ease of use and its position as a transitionary language > from HTML, it is rather surprising that ColdFusion's popularity has > waned so quickly. The ColdFusion killer wasn't due to a failure in > marketing the programming language, nor due to any particular language design flaw. > Instead, ColdFusion has been slowly displaced by ASP.NET and PHP, > which offered a MySQL integrated product in a free open-source form. > > http://www.softwaredeveloper.com/features/ghosts-in-machine-071207/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283677 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4