> Why do you think it's absurd to think that open source engines will > bring more people?
Because it doesn't seem to have done so, so far. Because the niche in which CF is popular doesn't seem to care that much about open source or free. Because there are plenty of other open source engines in other languages, and people who care a lot about that seem to have mostly already moved to one of those. > Do you think the only thing that makes a language "worth" something, > is how much it costs? No. I'm not sure where you got that from my previous responses. > What about my argument about one in the bush, vs. none in the bush? That's not an argument, it's speculation. > And say Adobe did drop CF-- do you think that would spell the end of > the language? Yeah, I do. I don't think that everyone would switch to comparatively unknown, new alternatives. If a big company like Adobe can't guarantee the future of CF, why would anyone think that these other people can? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
