Agreed. I believe that with the merger of Allaire and Macromedia, that CF will become alot more mainstream than what it currently is. Macromedia ha s a huge markershare of products for web development and more people are goi ng to be introduced to it through Macromedia than what it would have been through Allaire. The economy sucks for everyone right now and it is a har d fought deal to just find employment. I do believe that the cost of CF Ser ver should be reduced though. If they reduce the cost of CF server and bundle in studio for lets say $1500.00 then I think more people would be apt to pay for it, and they would also make far more money. What makes more sense, m ake $4500 from 1000 people or make $1500 from 10,000 people?
Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Forta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: RE: death of coldfusion > Mark, > > They may be part of it. Or not. Either way it needs to be taken in context - > there are far more questions from absolute beginners looking for initia l > help on the Forums then there are posting from doomsayers - that definitely > says that folks are not just still using CF, they are also first starti ng to > do so. > > I also think that part of the frustration expressed on the Forums is > frustration at the current economic situation in general. Lots of peopl e are > looking for work, and yes, there are more ASP pages and sites out there than > CFML pages and sites, and so by default there'll be more ASP work than CFML > work. > > And while this is not a formal method of measuring interest in a produc t, I > do have my own gauges that I use - hits on my site, numbers of readers and > sites accessing my CF tips, book sales, etc. And none of those show tha t CF > is dying - on the contrary. > > --- Ben > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Smeets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:15 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: death of coldfusion > > > It's just the microsoft lovers trying to stir things up, this happens l ike > once every 6 months. Be reasonable and ask yourself would you really ki ll a > language that is growing this fast in popularity that is more effective than > the other languages out there? (thats my opinion, I think cf is much better > than asp or php) > > Macromedia isn't incorporating CF into Dreamweaver for the past 2 versi on > for nothing. > > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists