Eliminate all of the competition? As much as I like CF, it's hardly *all* the competition. There's still Perl, J2EE, PHP, et al.
<cf_hypothesize scenario="MS buys MM"> Most of MM's products have competitors (ie, Adobe), and most of their products are not competing with MS (except for their IDE and application servers). I think it would be reasonable that the only way the acquisition would be approved is if MM spun off their application server and accompaning editor line. </cf_hypothesize> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:24 AM Subject: RE: Macromedia.com > As I said, I doubt very much if they would get away with it, if it were > true..... reminds me of M$ and Quicken... it would eliminate all the > competition! Also, I am sure MM could get backing from anywhere. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 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=coldfusionc 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
