I could have saved them a TON of trouble by letting them know that Flash wasn't going to make it the first time I had a look at it. I came from a video editing background and it was very similar with the use of the timeline. And it was extremely labor intensive, as is video production (especially at first when it was just an animation generator). So much so that I knew no one was going to pay enough money for the labor it required just to produce something "flashy" :o) for their site. I WANTED to use it, but just couldn't justify the cost of the software, the charges to a client, nor the time it took me to create something that wouldn't even run on all interfaces equally.
I just had the realization, long before Adobe about it, that it was going to fail in the end. They should have put their time and effort into CF... -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:29 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CF running out of steam > > > what company in the business of selling stuff, isn't interested in > > > selling stuff? > > > > For instance a company who bought the company who baught Macromedia > > because they where intersted in former Macromedia products like Flash, but > > not really in other stuff like CF. > > Funny... look what product is dying fastest for that acquisition. Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned there about how valuable marketing really is. Macromedia and Adobe marketed the hell out of Flash, and yet here we are. 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:355100 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
