1. CFDJ came out in the fall of 1999, which makes their claims to 10 years (and 12 years in some marketing materials) blatant lies. 2. They're using a sock puppet to put forth 'expert' testimony 3. A magazine does not live or die on the merit of a single advertiser. 4. They must truly be in Microsofts pocket in order to be pissing off a major player in such a way that many other advertisers will not want to advertise with them anymore. 5. This really is OT for the ColdFusion-Talk technical list. :)
"According to some in the ColdFusion community, Adobe's destruction of > ColdFusion started by pulling the plug on a 10 year-old institution, > ColdFusion Developer's Journal " > > it's really a shame that they can't be held responsible for lying in > print (can they?). shouldn't there be some sort of system in place > whereby somebody can say, "hey sys-con... produce me one (just ONE) > person in the CF community that feels that Adobe's destruction of CF > started by pulling the plug on CFDJ". > > shouldn't there be *some* level of accountability? > > > On 10/12/07, Brian Kotek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.briankotek.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/9/James-Hamilton-SysCon-Shill-Or-Just-a-Misguided-Imbicile-Either-Way-He-Needs-to-Shut-Up > > > > > > On 10/12/07, Ben Forta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Oh, I couldn't help myself. :-) No links, but ... > > > > > > > http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/12/A-Moment-Of-Silence-For- > > > > > > --- Ben > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:51 AM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: OT Sys-con at it again > > > > > > Yep, I am not responding on my blog either. I don't want to give them > the > > > traffic. > > > > > > But Jason Delmore did respond ... > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cfinsider.com/index.cfm/2007/10/12/Is-Adobe-Officially-killing-Co > > > ldFusion > > > > > > --- Ben > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ryan, Terrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:41 AM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: OT Sys-con at it again > > > > > > Just saw this today. http://java.sys-con.com/read/441186.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm intentionally not blogging it to not give them my (paltry) > traffic, > > > but talk about sour grapes. > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess none of us can ever leave a job, because according to sys-con, > > > it means that as we walk out the door our former company or office > > > EXPOLDES! > > > > > > > > > > > > Terrence Ryan > > > I.T. Director > > > Wharton Computing and Information Technology > > > 3733 Spruce Street > > > 216 Vance Hall > > > Philadelphia, PA 19104 > > > > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Phone: (215) 898-6705 > > > Mobile: (267) 252-9727 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290965 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
