Indeed. The community drives technology: I've never seen MSDN or SourceForge down for long, if at all. Of course, when it was Allaire's "community", they didn't exactly provide a quality experience. I can't remember the number of times I'd seen their site down due to some first-year CF error, or it was so slow that I just gave up and wrote the code myself. And there's no need to begin discussing the quality of forums.allaire.com .....
Of course, I don't necessarily agree with your analogies - the systems you mentioned were core to the operation, not systems in support. I do get your point though. However, if the success of ColdFusion (or any other technology) is driven or dependent upon a single website or resources, then it's time for me to crack open some books and start recommending alternatives to my clients. I think Macromedia will do a good job - better than Allaire would have done in the long run (I think they were starting to crumble under their own weight) -----Original Message----- From: Paris Lundis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Macromedia's destruction of the Allaire Site... developer's exchange is a key part of the community.. if it were to go way-side due to a bad implementation or frustration, it certainly would decrease core community... of course, we have this list as well.... but the point in part is, support cost and the cost to maintain a community is big, but build loyalty, return sales, etc... USAIR doesn't cancel all flights to do upgrades to its fleet.. nor does the FDIC close its digital systems... there always must be contingency plans.. downtime minimized... no matter what size you are... migration is no exception... I don't envy the job... mergers and acquisitions can lead to goofy leadership wars... I only hope that Macromedia doesn't fumble the ball on the Allaire products... and the community... -paris -----Original Message----- From: Billy Cravens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 19:26 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Macromedia's destruction of the Allaire Site... Haha - very true. So what? We pay so much for the developer's exchange, we shouldn't be concerned with their implementation issues :0) -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 5:35 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Macromedia's destruction of the Allaire Site... Bill Davidson wrote: > They've been doing this long before Allaire was bought by Macromedia. I > never understood it. A company of that size has got to have a back up > server that they can stick up while they do their routine maintenance. I am not sure if switching infrastructures qualifies as routine maintenance. Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ 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=coldfusiona 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
