macromedia has been developing OO scripting languages for some time, dating
back to director. there are also some interesting new features along these
lines in Flash 5. your concern is valid, but i wouldn't limit the
capabilities of macromedia as a "graphics tools" company. companies merge
all the time, and not always because there's trouble. anyone can come up
with lists of negatives and positives. everyone needs to make their own
decisions. this merger didn't happen overnight; wait and see what happens.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Colman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:36 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Negative Thoughts
I do not think that the acquisition of Allaire by Macromedia is a good thing
for Cold Fusion developers. I can come up with all kinds of negative
scenarios about what this will do to CF. When a "graphics tool" company
acquires a development platform, the development platform does not always
fair too well.
Consider that, if Allaire was not in some sort of trouble, it would not have
been "merged."
I have been concerned about the viability of the CF platform for about a
year. Now, I am even more concerned. I am seriously starting to consider
dropping the beloved CF platform, and head towards ASP+, COM and .NET --
Microsoft is not likely to be "acquired" any time in the near future.
Richard Colman
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