Hehe... maybe CF just needs updated marketing: Learn Coldfusion. Get a Job. Enjoy it.
seems like a good marketing plan if you know any out of work java or php folks, or those that hate their job. Come learn CF: its easier to understand and code. Lots of people looking for CF developers... On Jan 14, 2008 12:30 PM, Charlie Arehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, if I can play devil's advocate for a moment, it's a nice thought > (the > doubling effect) but in reality the number of people who read CF blogs > (let > alone any one) is pretty small, so while we can hope that word could > spread, > it seems we should not get our hopes up of seeing hundreds, tens, or > honestly even thousands of new CF developers. :-) > > I mean, sure, it could happen, either by this effort or just naturally. CF > sales and interest are definitely picking up, so no one should read my > note > as being anything less than enthusiastic about it, as always. Just seems > that a note of pragmatism is in order. No offense intended toward John (or > Sean), of course. And maybe you meant the "doubling" as a somewhat tongue > in > cheek suggestion. Anyway, thanks for sharing the link. Good thoughts (and > LOTs of comments already). > > /charlie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mason > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:26 AM > To: discussion@acfug.org > Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] Convert a non-CF developer to CF > > Sean Corfield did a very interesting blog entry last week about the > marketing and growth of the CF community. It's well worth the read.. > > > http://corfield.org/blog/index.cfm/do/blog.entry/entry/Common_ColdFusion_Arg > uments > > Sean gives a little challenge or new year's resolution if you like at the > end. Simply convert a non-CF developer to CF. Pretty simple really. > Apparently there's about 400,000 CF developers out there these days. If we > each did our part, we could easily double that. > > John Mason > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Steven Ross web application & interface developer http://blog.stevensross.com [mobile] 404-488-4364 [fax] 267-482-4364 [ AIM / Yahoo! : zeriumsteven ] [googleTalk : nowhiding ] ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
