On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:08 PM, AJ Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So do you think if you showed a PHP developer a free CFML engine they would > jump ship? Or are they a part of them mob questioning CF's longevity?? > Or should we be canvasing the new web developers - those that not know any > different / better? Should UGs run a meeting 'An introduction to CF for PHP > developers' > Should we poach from other disciplines too?
You don't need to convert anyone. And if you try you will more than likely fail. This is not a freaking religion. Someone telling me to convert to a different development platform is no different from the Mormons knocking on your door. What CF developers should do - and those of you from WA will know that I harp on about this a lot, to almost no effect - is participate in their local industry communities. People who think CF is dead often think so because CF developers are nowhere to be seen. They only go to CF events and aren't interested in anything else. They don't participate in BarCamps and WebJams and PodCamps and WSGs and Port80s and AWIA events and WIPA events and blogger's meetups and *TUBs or anything else where gatherings of PHP, Rails, JSP, ASP and plain old web developers and *gasp* designers, sales people, business owners, vendors, suppliers and recruiters congregate. If there's a healthy contingent of CF developers at these events then CF must be thriving, right? BUT... people should go to these events not to push a CF barrow, but because it's fun and will make them a better developer, networker, contractor, business owner or whatever. K. -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com personal: goatlady.wordpress.com | heapsbad.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
