They don't have to, but if they did something like this, they would keep the dev community happy and happy developers make great unpaid salesmen for Adobe.
/*-----Original Message----- /*From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:02 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source /* /*On Tuesday 11 Mar 2008, Tanguy Rademakers wrote: /*> atitude time and again in the CF community: when Adobe introduces new /*> syntax it's innovative, but when another vendor does it's disruptive. /*Last /* /*Adobe 'own' CFML (the language). They can do what they like and still /*claim to /*be 'compatable'. /* /*> year some Adobe fanboy was bitching out the NA list because the syntax /*of /*> the cfthread tag is different in BD 7 and CF 8 - only to have it come to /*> light that NA implemented cfthread before Adobe, and that it was up to /*> Adobe to maintain compatibility. /* /*From their PoV, someone else made a change to the language with out asking /*them (who own it). Why should they change, I suppose. /* /*> > least they could do would be to set up some sort of language standard, /*> > and a /*> > public process to get it altered. /*> /*> Unlikely, IMHO. They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. What /*> you're proposing just makes it easier for others to compete with them. /* /*Happier developers benefit the whole 'eco-system'. And Adobe *is* giving /*something like this control in other products to the community. /* /*-- /*Tom Chiverton /*Helping to elementarily incubate prospective architectures /*on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com /* /***************************************************** /* /*This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. /* /*Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England /*and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address /*is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 /*3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered /*office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a /*member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation /*Authority. /* /*CONFIDENTIALITY /* /*This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and /*may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee /*you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor /*copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee /*of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error /*please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. /* /*For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.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:301086 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
