I think there is more than a large enough market...one that could increase with competition.
Eric /*-----Original Message----- /*From: Dale Fraser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:34 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source /* /*Seriously, /* /*Adobe own CF, they can do what they want, everyone else is attempting to /*copy this. If NA go off and add new features, they can't expect Adobe to /*copy them, that makes no sense. /* /*I don't think there is enough of a market to support so many clones /*getting /*any decent market share. /* /*Regards /*Dale Fraser /* /*-----Original Message----- /*From: Tanguy Rademakers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2008 11:22 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source /* /*>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. /* /*Nobody could argue that NA haven't made every reasonable effort to ensure /*compatibility between BlueDragon and CFMX - as you point out, that's the /*business they're in. But when Adobe willingly breaks compatibility with /*BlueDragon by implementing a BD feature in a non-compatible manner, i /*think /*it is biased to claim that NA is responsible for resolving the resulting /*incompatibility. Most of us get upset when Microsoft abuses its dominant /*market position like this, i for one fail to see how Adobe is any /*different /*in this case. /* /* /* /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:301087 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
