How are they not selling the engine? If they were selling just the language then BD would ne be able to use the language, without licensing. Without the engine, the language is pretty useless.
I think the responsibility lies with both as their responsibility is to their customers. A standardized environment is beneficial to all. What might be a good idea is for each company to sell "tag packs" that would update he other with tags (and tag differences) from the other...then everyone gets to make money ;-) Eric /*-----Original Message----- /*From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:58 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source /* /*> See, that's exactly what i'm talking about. If another /*> company adds a feature *before* Adobe does, then how is it /*> not the responsibility of Adobe to maintain compatibility /*> when they themselves add the same feature? Should the other /*> company in question break backwards compatibility with their /*> own code just to match Adobe's implementation? Once again we /*> see the position that only Adobe is allowed to innovate in /*> this area. /* /*Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe /*hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor /*selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise have /*no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product that /*provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature, /*the /*onus is on you to provide that compatibility. /* /*Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software /*http://www.figleaf.com/ /* /*Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners /*http://training.figleaf.com/ /* /*WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! /*http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ /* /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301085 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
