There are real advantages and I can't talk about them. REAL Advantages.
> I don't want to downplay the significance of code portability, but I th
ink
> that 95% of the _current_ customer base could probably care less. For
most
> folks running CF on a Windows platform, if you tell them they can now t
ake
> their code and run it on the platform of their choice, they're going to
say
> "Well, that's nice" and not much more.
>
> I certainly understand the advantages, but it's mostly to very large
sites,
> contractors, commercial software developers, and Macromedia itself. It
> sounds like a good move for Macromedia and for CF, but what remains to
be
> seen is whether Neo will offer any real advantages to the average
developer
> doing Windows or Linux CF web sites or intranets.
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 9:41 PM
> Subject: Re: death of coldfusion
>
>
> > I've dedicated the last 6.5 years of my life to CF and I'm not leavin
g
an
> > y
> > time soon. Do I think CF is dead? No. Do I see it with a bright futur
e?
Y
> > es.
> > Have I listened to what has been said and shown about Neo? Yes and so
sho
> > uld
> > you. The very fact that you'll be able to write cheap and fast CF cod
e
an
> > d
> > then be able to move the result over to the hardest core java servlet
> > engines around means that we now have an expanded business base. It
means
> > we
> > have more options with our code and where we can use it. It means a l
ot.
> > Neo
> > is not 'only' new and improved. It's a new paradigm for CF programmer
s.
I
> > 'm
> > just waiting for it to go live so I can release notes, lists and we c
an
t
> > alk
> > about it openly.
> > I'm going to email the head of the Neo project and see what we can do
abo
> > ut
> > an 'early' list for Neo or at least for some Neo concepts.
> >
> >
> > > Out of curiousity, what's the rush for NEO?
> > >
> > > Does everything always have to be NEW AND IMPROVED?
> > >
> > > (see Perl, for instance, which seems to evolve very slowly)
> > > -- jon
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 4:29 PM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: Re: death of coldfusion
> > >
> > >
> > > Ben Forta wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I also think that part of the frustration expressed on the Forums
is
> > > > frustration at the current economic situation in general.
> > >
> > >
> > > And frustration with Macromedia in partcular :)
> > >
> > > Why is there no information on Neo? Sure there was something presen
ted
> > > at the DevCon, but creating a Neo resource center with mailinglist
and
> > > not presenting any news easily raises the impression that nothing i
s
> > > happening. It could be announced on the mailinglist that some alpha
> > > release was shipped to selected partners (if you read very carefull
y
> > > through all the 200+ messages you will find some indications of thi
s
on
> > > the forums), but instead there is silence.
> > >
> > > Imagine you are visiting your college buddies during the holiday
season.
> > > They all have nice stories about .NET and J2EE, and all we have is
some
> > > quotes about a product that some have seen but nobody has touched.
> > > Nobody likes to have to listen to the success stories of others.
> > >
> > > Jochem
>
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