> You seem to think that web development is a "winner-take-all" market. > But it isn't. There's room for plenty of web development languages. > CF > is one of those languages. Not everyone has to use CF for it to be a > successful product. It just has to make money for Adobe. >
I wish the Pollyanna approach were productive, but it is not. If there are no new adopters of the language, it will die out. As simpe as that. > > Unless those unwashed masses start buying software licenses, they > don't pay the bills at Adobe. CF is not free. PHP is free. CF is sold > to companies, and it really isn't marketed to the freelance web > developer, etc. Unless those WordPress hackers are willing to cough > up > the dough for a CF Standard license, they may as well not exist as > far > as Adobe is concerned. > That's not a good strategy as seen by the stagnant CF community. Perhaps if Adobe made CF more attractive (not better - my argument is not against CF or its capabilities), people would feel paying for it was a good idea. I know - I paid for it as a beginner. I'm optimistic that there are many others like me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:348612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
