OpenBD's Official announcement http://cfrant.blogspot.com/2009/11/openbd-will-most-likey-not-be-presented.html
Adam On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Adrock <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is another view: > > - Adobe does not tell conference providers who can and can not > sponsor. > > - New Atlanta is not viewed as a threat to Adobe. > > - I personally want OpenBD to be successful and tried my best to show > the community that two open source CFML engines can coexist. However, > Vince detracted that point by commenting: > > "'the incredible amount of work people are putting into the (OpenBD) > project for _zero_ financial gain' is being done primarily by New > Atlanta employees who are being paid to work on OpenBD." > > Drawing a direct and active connection between New Atlanta and OpenBD > (not to mention writing off the donated work done by community). > > - Based on our estimates, Railo has experienced more recent commercial > success than New Atlanta. However, even when combined with New > Atlanta, the impact is not great enough to warrant any concern over > lost business. Adobe remains focused on developer acquisition from > external communities (which is what our community demands). > > - As you can see from Vince's post there is still much animosity from > New Atlanta towards Adobe. If the relations between Railo and Adobe > are more positive, then I can only point to the personalities > involved. > > In general, New Atlanta needs to stop blaming Adobe for everything > that ills it. If a ColdFusion conference rejects a sponsor who offers > "migration solutions from ColdFusion applications to ASP.NET", maybe > it's because they don't want to help that cause, not because of some > sinister Adobe plot. > > -Adam > ColdFusion Product Manager at Adobe > > > > > > On Nov 13, 3:26 pm, Vince Bonfanti <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here's one view: > > > > - Adobe considers New Atlanta to be a threat to their ColdFusion > business > > due to the commercial success of BlueDragon (especially BD.NET, and > due > > to high-profile customer wins such as MySpace). > > - Adobe associates OpenBD with New Atlanta, and therefore does not > want > > OpenBD to be successful. > > - Adobe does not consider Railo to be a threat because they have not > yet > > had any real commercial success (at least not on the same scale as New > > Atlanta and BlueDragon). > > - Adobe wants to use Railo as a counter-weight to diminish the > influence > > of OpenBD (and--in their minds--New Atlanta). > > > > There's already been some anti-Railo rhetoric from Adobe--it's fairly > > predictable what will happen if they ever start to view Railo as a threat > to > > their ColdFusion business. I've heard through the grapevine that Adobe > has > > already threatened third-party vendors who make their products compatible > > with Railo. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Jason King <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > That's not cool. I wonder why Railo but not OpenBD? > > -- > Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List > http://www.openbluedragon.org/ http://twitter.com/OpenBlueDragon > mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > > !! save a network - please trim replies before posting !! -- Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://www.openbluedragon.org/ http://twitter.com/OpenBlueDragon mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en !! save a network - please trim replies before posting !!
