Please kill this string about the arguments against fusebox. If any of you really
want to debate fusebox, then do
it privately. If you don't like it don't use it. end of story, find another
methodology to work with. Fusebox
has worked great for me and I'm sticking to it.
Hal Helms wrote:
> What would be REALLY helpful is to let CFDJ know how you all feel. Alan is
> right--there's no conspiracy going on; just a desire to fill pages. What
> they did isn't defensible, but the only way they'll know is if people let
> them know what they like and what they don't like. Honestly, you'd be
> shocked how much of an impact even a single email has. I'll make it even
> easier: the email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seriously, the only outside feedback
> they get is from people who care enough to email them and it is taken very
> seriously. (In fact, you could even put in a plug for your favorite
> col...;-)
>
> Hal Helms
> == See www.ColdFusionTraining.com for info on "Best Practices with
> ColdFusion & Fusebox" training, Jan 22-25 ==
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin S. Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:59 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: arguments **against** fusebox
>
> I read that article a few weeks ago and didn't realize that the writer had
> an interest in the product that got the most favorable reviews. I
> subsequently went and signed up for the trial.
>
> Now that I've read this thread, I would have to agree, as a reader who has
> been deceived by CFDJ and Infrastructure Inc., I would have to agree that
> their practices are very questionable.
>
> Benjamin S. Rogers
> Web Developer, c4.net
> voice: (508) 240-0051
> fax: (508) 240-0057
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:59 AM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: arguments **against** fusebox
>
> Okay, I've written for CFDJ, and plan to do so in the future, but I also
> have a long history in the publishing industry. Here is my slant on the
> whole issue
>
> CFDJ is but one of a family of publications put out by SYS-CON publishing.
> The actual page assembly itself is done by folks who apparently work on
> Macs, using QuarkXPress. This isn't bad a'tall, actually its great from an
> electronic pre-press standpoint. BuTtTtTt, do remember, their primary
> business is SELLING ADVERTISING and SELLING SUBSCRIPTIONS. That's where the
> rubber meets the road.
>
> Now, you cannot sell advertising unless you have readers. You cannot attract
> readers unless you have articles to for the readers to read. Their entire
> biosphere consists of subscribers and advertisers, with money being the
> oxygen that drives the whole thing. Articles are what they need to pry money
> out of reader's pockets. Lots of articles. Ask somebody who writes on a
> regular basis, such as Hal, and I'm sure he'll tell you it takes a lotta
> time to write a good article, and you come nowhere near recovering your
> expenses on what you receive as payment.
>
> As a magazine editor, you need, desperately need, new articles for each
> issue, and not just new articles, but new articles on whatever the 'hot'
> topic of the month is. Therefore, if somebody totally unfamiliar to the
> Fusebox ship of fools does a lame-o review of the Fusebox Methodology book,
> as far as the editor is concerned, that's another page of print taken care
> of.
>
> CFDJ is not a million-subscriber publication that is gonna have a staff of
> editorial reviewers. There are -not- going to be investigative phone calls,
> gumshoe detective work, or down-in-the-trenches street journalism work being
> done. Its gonna be a "Here's an article. Is it ok? Good! Print it!"
> operation.
>
> I don't say that as a slam against CFDJ, cuz' if I was operating the place
> it would probably be the same.
>
> So what to do? Use this to your advantage!
>
> Fuseboxers, unite and start writing a slew of articles! Create code snips
> that are Fuseboxed! Write reviews of products and describe how they
> integrate into Fusebox! Basically, let's turn CFDJ into FBDJ!
>
> Alan McCollough
> Web Programmer
> Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> Alaska Native Medical Center
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 2:23 PM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: Re: arguments **against** fusebox
> >
> > I can't bite my tongue any longer. CFDJ has for several months been
> > pushing
> > the limits when it comes to journalism ethics. Having the a writer who's
> > financially invested in one of several products he's reviewing is highly
> > questionable and at least just looks really bad, now matter how well it's
> > done. Then to throw in a FREE methodology into a comparison of NOT FREE
> > products, slam it on false facts, is all together incredible.
> >
> > Just my two cents.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
>
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