Remi,
Since the future of CF is largely dependent on the upcoming merger, I could
urge you to review the following recent threads for an idea of the future of
cf:
"Macromedia and CF"
"The Acquisition of Allaire by MacroMedia"
"Thoughts on Macromedia Takeover of Allaire"
"!!!Macromedia & Allaire to Merge!!!"
"Allaire and Macromedia announce plans to merge"
"Allaire, Macromedia merger"
"Allaire/Macromedia ColdFusion Suggestions"
"Macromedia and Allaire to Merge"
"Macromedia Coldfusion"
But instead, you may wish only to read a recent post by Steve Drucker who
best captured the future of CF:
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I think you guys are way off-base with your comments about Macromedia's
acquisition of Allaire. Having worked very closely with both companies
directly on joint technology initiatives (Harpoon), fused their products
together for consulting projects (intranet for T-Rowe Price using CF,
Spectra, Flash, Generator), and developed much of their training course
materials (Flash, Generator, Spectra) there's no question that the joining
of these two great companies will result in a web solutions vendor
powerhouse.
Will Macromedia kill off CF? Of course not! Consider the following:
-Macromedia spent a great deal of effort developing visual tools for CF
(Dreamweaver UltraDev)
-Macromedia currently has a hole in their lineup for an application
server--filled nicely by CF
-Their flagship server product, Macromedia Generator, currently relies on
Allaire's JRUN
-Both Allaire and Macromedia have made a considerable investment in the
Harpoon initiative demonstrating how to link CF and Flash
-Macromedia earlier acquired the LikeMinds personalization system to fill
out their E-Business platform -- to which they can now add Open-Sesame and
add direct hooks to their new app server -- CF!
CF isn't going away -- in fact, with the added resources of Macromedia, I
expect a totally killer integrated e-business development platform is in our
not-so-distant future.
Regards,
Steve Drucker
CEO
Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com
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