I'm gonna have to go out on a limb here (as a new comer, I've been trying to not get too rowdy...)
> I an see why > everyone is getting a little rude here. I totally understand that we're talking about folks work environment, and I am sensitive to that. I expect passion around this issue. While I haven't seen anything that I saw as out-right rude, I have seen messages which expressed the passion one would expect when talking about your work environment. (However, the message here I'm responding to is as close to rude as it gets, because it seems like a skewing, if not misrepresentation, of fact). No > longer are the coders paramount but rather the desktop > publishers/graphic > artist types. Now you (Macromedia) drop our favorite tool, > replace it with > something that is more geared to the WSYIWYG-S editor types > and we are left > in the cold. Macromedia has worked hard to include hard-core developers in our "family" of customers. We have put ColdFusion at the center of nearly everything we have going. Our Designer & Developer Center actually has much more content for developers that it does artsy stuff for designers. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev > > On top of that, in this thread alone, your replies have been > more like "get > used to it" rather then "let us see what we can do to fix > this situation". > We are not used to that. Hell, if I were to imply that to my > customers, I > would be fired. I haven't seen anyone say anything of the sort. First, we've reiterated that HomeSite+, which contains the features of CFStudio, is included with Dreamweaver, and with a reasonably attractive upgrade path from Studio owners. Furthermore, we've stressed that we WANT to know what it will take to make DWMX a product you like using as your IDE, and asked that you let us know: http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform?6213=6 Which brings me to my point. It appears at > first glance > that the old group of developers are no longer your customer, > we are just > leftovers. You are hitting people in their sense of security > even if it is > only perception and saying or doing nothing to make us feel different. This seems like a nebulous accusation, and it doesn't ring true with me. It seems to me that Macromedia is very heavily invested in ColdFusion and its community, and I'd like to know why it is you feel this way. > > We are discussing details on an IDE, which by itself is > somewhat benign, but > if you look at the overall attitude (and perceived direction) > of Macromedia, > you should be able to easily see why we are getting a bit > worried and/or > frustrated with the situation. What direction? A new version of ColdFusion? Greater support in Dreamweaver for application coding? Rolling all the Studio features into HomeSite? I'm not sure I understand your perception of our direction. Can you illuminate this a bit? Vernon Viehe Community Manager Macromedia, Inc. Online diary: http://vvmx.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm 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
