Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Aaron Rouse]

Whats even more interesting is that announcement is from the future ;)

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Brad Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Interesting:
>
> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.
> jsp
>
>
>
> ~Brad
>
>
>
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tanguy Rademakers]

More info here:
http://blog.newatlanta.com/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=EABF951D-453A-486E-9647E2825D1E6F39

(watch the wrap)

>http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.
>jsp


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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Sonny Savage]

Dang it, you stole my comment!

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Whats even more interesting is that announcement is from the future ;)
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Brad Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Interesting:
> >
> > http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.
> > jsp<
> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.jsp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ~Brad
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Gerald Guido]

I am pumped.

One thing I did notice was it was the J2EE version. Which, if I understand
correctly, is the version that is deployed on a Java App server like TomCat
or JBoss and not a "regular" web server like Apache or IIS. Which is all
fine with me in that is the direction I am heading anyways. But this is not
going to lend it self to opening the doors for traditional hosting
environments. Which is the the boost that CF really needs for popular
adoption/mindshare IMO. This release is more geared toward Enterprise
deployments.

J


On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Sonny Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Dang it, you stole my comment!
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Whats even more interesting is that announcement is from the future ;)
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Brad Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Interesting:
> > >
> > >
> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.
> > > jsp<
> >
> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.jsp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ~Brad
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Jordan Michaels]

You can tie J2EE servers into Apache. In fact, the Smith Project has a
simple step-by-step on how to do that with tomcat:

http://smithproject.org/doc_preinstall.cfm

I'm anxious to see the details of the new license agreements, as that
will be the determining factor into how it's used by hosting companies
and their customers. Either way, there's *NO QUESTION* that this
announcement will help the CF Community grow.

Warm regards,
Jordan Michaels
Vivio Technologies
http://www.viviotech.net/
BlueDragon Alliance Member
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Gerald Guido wrote:
> I am pumped.
> 
> One thing I did notice was it was the J2EE version. Which, if I understand
> correctly, is the version that is deployed on a Java App server like TomCat
> or JBoss and not a "regular" web server like Apache or IIS. Which is all
> fine with me in that is the direction I am heading anyways. But this is not
> going to lend it self to opening the doors for traditional hosting
> environments. Which is the the boost that CF really needs for popular
> adoption/mindshare IMO. This release is more geared toward Enterprise
> deployments.
> 
> J
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Sonny Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Dang it, you stole my comment!
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Whats even more interesting is that announcement is from the future ;)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Brad Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Interesting:


>> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.
 jsp<
>> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.jsp



 ~Brad




>>>
>>
> 
> 

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Russ]

CF itself runs on a J2EE server - JRUN and can be made to run on other J2EE
servers.  

The one thing I think I'm reading is that it's still not for commercial use.
If that's true, then it's really no better then the free bluedragon product
that they're currently offer.  They seemed to be open sourcing it just to
get some free help with the development of the server.  

Russ

> -Original Message-
> From: Jordan Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:26 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
> 
> You can tie J2EE servers into Apache. In fact, the Smith Project has a
> simple step-by-step on how to do that with tomcat:
> 
> http://smithproject.org/doc_preinstall.cfm
> 
> I'm anxious to see the details of the new license agreements, as that
> will be the determining factor into how it's used by hosting companies
> and their customers. Either way, there's *NO QUESTION* that this
> announcement will help the CF Community grow.
> 
> Warm regards,
> Jordan Michaels
> Vivio Technologies
> http://www.viviotech.net/
> BlueDragon Alliance Member
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> Gerald Guido wrote:
> > I am pumped.
> >
> > One thing I did notice was it was the J2EE version. Which, if I
> understand
> > correctly, is the version that is deployed on a Java App server like
> TomCat
> > or JBoss and not a "regular" web server like Apache or IIS. Which is all
> > fine with me in that is the direction I am heading anyways. But this is
> not
> > going to lend it self to opening the doors for traditional hosting
> > environments. Which is the the boost that CF really needs for popular
> > adoption/mindshare IMO. This release is more geared toward Enterprise
> > deployments.
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Sonny Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dang it, you stole my comment!
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Whats even more interesting is that announcement is from the future ;)
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Brad Wood
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Interesting:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.
> >>>> jsp<
> >>
> http://www.newatlanta.com/corporate/news/bluedragon_opensource_announce.js
> p
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ~Brad
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tanguy Rademakers]

>The one thing I think I'm reading is that it's still not for commercial use.
>If that's true, then it's really no better then the free bluedragon product
>that they're currently offer.  They seemed to be open sourcing it just to
>get some free help with the development of the server.  

Where did you read that? The way i read it, BD/J2EE will be released under the 
GPL, minus some 3rd party libs they don't own the IP to. GPL apps may be used 
in a "commercial" setting (i.e. you may use them on your client sites, or to 
run your business site or office intranet - all examples that were verboten 
with the old BD "free" license), what you can't do is bundle and distribute 
them into/with any kind of proprietary or non-GPL product. 

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Russ]

I guess I was confused by the dual license approach they were talking about.
I guess you would only need the commercial license if you intent to
distribute your product and don't want to distribute the source?  Is that
even possible with CF?  I mean yea you can encrypt your code, but it's that
fairly easily decrypted?

Russ

> -Original Message-
> From: Tanguy Rademakers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:01 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
> 
> >The one thing I think I'm reading is that it's still not for commercial
> use.
> >If that's true, then it's really no better then the free bluedragon
> product
> >that they're currently offer.  They seemed to be open sourcing it just to
> >get some free help with the development of the server.
> 
> Where did you read that? The way i read it, BD/J2EE will be released under
> the GPL, minus some 3rd party libs they don't own the IP to. GPL apps may
> be used in a "commercial" setting (i.e. you may use them on your client
> sites, or to run your business site or office intranet - all examples that
> were verboten with the old BD "free" license), what you can't do is bundle
> and distribute them into/with any kind of proprietary or non-GPL product.
> 
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[C. Hatton Humphrey]

Distribution as I have had it explained to me means bundling BD with
some other product, be it physical or software.

Hatton

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess I was confused by the dual license approach they were talking about.
>  I guess you would only need the commercial license if you intent to
>  distribute your product and don't want to distribute the source?  Is that
>  even possible with CF?  I mean yea you can encrypt your code, but it's that
>  fairly easily decrypted?
>
>  Russ
>
>
>  > -Original Message-
>  > From: Tanguy Rademakers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:01 PM
>  > To: CF-Talk
>  > Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
>  >
>
> > >The one thing I think I'm reading is that it's still not for commercial
>  > use.
>  > >If that's true, then it's really no better then the free bluedragon
>  > product
>  > >that they're currently offer.  They seemed to be open sourcing it just to
>  > >get some free help with the development of the server.
>  >
>  > Where did you read that? The way i read it, BD/J2EE will be released under
>  > the GPL, minus some 3rd party libs they don't own the IP to. GPL apps may
>  > be used in a "commercial" setting (i.e. you may use them on your client
>  > sites, or to run your business site or office intranet - all examples that
>  > were verboten with the old BD "free" license), what you can't do is bundle
>  > and distribute them into/with any kind of proprietary or non-GPL product.
>  >
>  >
>
>  

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Gerald Guido]

>>  Is that even possible with CF?  I mean yea you can encrypt your code,
but it's that fairly easily decrypted?

>>but it's that fairly easily decrypted?

Very easy. IIRC you can do it with a CFX tag.

>> Is that even possible with CF?

Yes.
As of v. 7 you could turn CFML into compiled Java bytecode. In theory you
could use a Java decompiler to turn the Java bytecode to java. But you would
need to know how CFML is rendered as Java.. And by the time you figured that
out you could have reverse engineered the app in question or have
written your own CFML engine.




On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I guess I was confused by the dual license approach they were talking
> about.
> I guess you would only need the commercial license if you intent to
> distribute your product and don't want to distribute the source?  Is that
> even possible with CF?  I mean yea you can encrypt your code, but it's
> that
> fairly easily decrypted?
>
> Russ
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Tanguy Rademakers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:01 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
> >
> > >The one thing I think I'm reading is that it's still not for commercial
> > use.
> > >If that's true, then it's really no better then the free bluedragon
> > product
> > >that they're currently offer.  They seemed to be open sourcing it just
> to
> > >get some free help with the development of the server.
> >
> > Where did you read that? The way i read it, BD/J2EE will be released
> under
> > the GPL, minus some 3rd party libs they don't own the IP to. GPL apps
> may
> > be used in a "commercial" setting (i.e. you may use them on your client
> > sites, or to run your business site or office intranet - all examples
> that
> > were verboten with the old BD "free" license), what you can't do is
> bundle
> > and distribute them into/with any kind of proprietary or non-GPL
> product.
> >
> >
>
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Gerald Guido]

>> Very easy. IIRC you can do it with a CFX tag.

Let me clarify: Very easy for pre v. 7


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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tom Chiverton]

On Monday 10 Mar 2008, Jordan Michaels wrote:
> You can tie J2EE servers into Apache. In fact, the Smith Project has a
> simple step-by-step on how to do that with tomcat:
> http://smithproject.org/doc_preinstall.cfm

As does Railo (which comes with the Resin J2EE server by default).

>there's *NO QUESTION* that this
> announcement will help the CF Community grow.

It's "just another" CFML engine with not quite the same features as 
the 'offical' one.
Being open source isn't much one way or the other, tbh.

Look at my posts earlier in the week about Railo - it's closed source but 
they've ack'ed the problem and are going to fix it in the next release.
Why do I need their source ? I probably wouldn't understand it anyway :-)

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tanguy Rademakers]

> It's "just another" CFML engine with not quite the same features as 
> the 'offical' one.
> Being open source isn't much one way or the other, tbh.

Well, if people want to add features that are missing, now they can. 

And it's more than "just another" CFML engine - it will be the only mature CFML 
engine to be not only open source, but Free software.

I think NA deserves a big warm hearted "thank you" from the whle CF community 
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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tom Chiverton]

On Tuesday 11 Mar 2008, Tanguy Rademakers wrote:
> I think NA deserves a big warm hearted "thank you" from the whle CF
> community for taking this step.

Oh, I say 'thanks', but I don't believe, for instance, it's going to speed the 
inclusion of Remoteing (OpenAMF) into the product.

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Sean Corfield]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Tanguy Rademakers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > Being open source isn't much one way or the other, tbh.
>  Well, if people want to add features that are missing, now they can.

But it will be up to New Atlanta and the BlueDragon Open Source
Steering Committee whether your suggestions will be accepted. Open
source does not mean that everyone can just pile in and change the
source. Sure, you could modify your *own* copy to add features - but
that will just create lots of incompatible engines. Everyone will need
to work with the process, like Sun's JCP and all the other successful
open source projects out there.

I'm very concerned that a lot of CFers really don't understand how
open source projects work - I see the same thing around all the CF
frameworks with folks just assuming that their changes should be
incorporated (and getting upset when the project team refuse to
incorporate them) or going off and creating their own incompatible
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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tom Chiverton]

On Tuesday 11 Mar 2008, Sean Corfield wrote:
> source. Sure, you could modify your *own* copy to add features - but
> that will just create lots of incompatible engines. Everyone will need
> to work with the process, like Sun's JCP and all the other successful

Exactly.
We don't want someone adding  to their engine, whilst another uses 
 (or doesn't have it at all). Ideally I can take a project and run 
it with no changes on Adobe, or Railo, or Smith, or BD, or ...
We're already seeing this fragmentation (a bit), with things like
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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tanguy Rademakers]

>But it will be up to New Atlanta and the BlueDragon Open Source
>Steering Committee whether your suggestions will be accepted. Open
>source does not mean that everyone can just pile in and change the
>source. Sure, you could modify your *own* copy to add features - but
>that will just create lots of incompatible engines. Everyone will need
>to work with the process, like Sun's JCP and all the other successful
>open source projects out there.

Or, if you feel strongly enough about it, you fork the project:

http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133716&cid=11167571

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tanguy Rademakers]

> Exactly.
> We don't want someone adding  to their engine, whilst 
> another uses 
>  (or doesn't have it at all). Ideally I can take a project 
> and run 
> it with no changes on Adobe, or Railo, or Smith, or BD, or ...

So i guess this means the CFML language is now set in stone forever? Or by 
"someone", do you just mean "someone other than Adobe"? I've seen this atitude 
time and again in the CF community: when Adobe introduces new syntax it's 
innovative, but when another vendor does it's disruptive. Last year some Adobe 
fanboy was bitching out the NA list because the syntax of the cfthread tag is 
different in BD 7 and CF 8 - only to have it come to light that NA implemented 
cfthread before Adobe, and that it was up to Adobe to maintain compatibility. 

Read Vince's reply here:
http://www.newatlanta.com/c/products/bluedragon/self_help/archiveSearch/detail?messageId=221043

(yadda yadda wrap)

> If Adobe don't want to open up their ColdFusion server (fair enough), 
> the 
> least they could do would be to set up some sort of language standard, 
> and a 
> public process to get it altered.

Unlikely, IMHO. They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. What you're 
proposing just makes it easier for others to compete with them. 



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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Chris Jordan]

Let's give this announcement some link love!

http://www.dzone.com/links/open_source_cfml_engine_on_the_way.html

http://digg.com/software/New_Atlanta_announces_free_open_source_BlueDragon_edition

I'm sure there are others out there. Let's talk this up!

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Tanguy Rademakers <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >But it will be up to New Atlanta and the BlueDragon Open Source
> >Steering Committee whether your suggestions will be accepted. Open
> >source does not mean that everyone can just pile in and change the
> >source. Sure, you could modify your *own* copy to add features - but
> >that will just create lots of incompatible engines. Everyone will need
> >to work with the process, like Sun's JCP and all the other successful
> >open source projects out there.
>
> Or, if you feel strongly enough about it, you fork the project:
>
> http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133716&cid=11167571
>
> (watch the wrap)
>
> 

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Mark Fuqua]

I'm pretty sure they meant 'someone' like you or me...that's the idea of NA
having a steering committee to determine what gets included in the code
base...at least that's how I understand it.

-Original Message-
From: Tanguy Rademakers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:54 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source

> Exactly.
> We don't want someone adding  to their engine, whilst 
> another uses 
>  (or doesn't have it at all). Ideally I can take a project 
> and run 
> it with no changes on Adobe, or Railo, or Smith, or BD, or ...

So i guess this means the CFML language is now set in stone forever? Or by
"someone", do you just mean "someone other than Adobe"? I've seen this
atitude time and again in the CF community: when Adobe introduces new syntax
it's innovative, but when another vendor does it's disruptive. Last year
some Adobe fanboy was bitching out the NA list because the syntax of the
cfthread tag is different in BD 7 and CF 8 - only to have it come to light
that NA implemented cfthread before Adobe, and that it was up to Adobe to
maintain compatibility. 

Read Vince's reply here:
http://www.newatlanta.com/c/products/bluedragon/self_help/archiveSearch/deta
il?messageId=221043

(yadda yadda wrap)

> If Adobe don't want to open up their ColdFusion server (fair enough), 
> the 
> least they could do would be to set up some sort of language standard, 
> and a 
> public process to get it altered.

Unlikely, IMHO. They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. What
you're proposing just makes it easier for others to compete with them. 





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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Casey Dougall]

Isn't the point of this whole thing to spread the use of cfml, and to such
end, to have a cfml engine installed on every linux hosting company offering
PHP, wouldn't this be where the blue dragon open source version of their
product is going to be put to the test?

Every $5 a month hosting company could have cfml running on it, anything is
better then godaddy cfml hosting. they should be banded.

I may be a bit off here but wouldn't PHP have a steering committee like the
one being formed for HTML5, now there could be one for CFM, it may still be
a bit one sided but hey it's a start.

Casey


On 3/11/08, Mark Fuqua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure they meant 'someone' like you or me...that's the idea of
> NA
> having a steering committee to determine what gets included in the code
> base...at least that's how I understand it.
>
>
>


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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Jordan Michaels]

> Isn't the point of this whole thing to spread the use of cfml, and to such
> end, to have a cfml engine installed on every linux hosting company
offering
> PHP, wouldn't this be where the blue dragon open source version of their
> product is going to be put to the test?

Precisely, and I really do hope that this is the case. The only caveat
would be how NA's Dual-Licensing would work - and that's why I'm really
anxious to see the details there.

If the above is truly their intention, this is HUGE for the CF Community.

Warm regards,
Jordan Michaels
Vivio Technologies
http://www.viviotech.net/
BlueDragon Alliance Member
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Casey Dougall wrote:
> Isn't the point of this whole thing to spread the use of cfml, and to such
> end, to have a cfml engine installed on every linux hosting company offering
> PHP, wouldn't this be where the blue dragon open source version of their
> product is going to be put to the test?
> 
> Every $5 a month hosting company could have cfml running on it, anything is
> better then godaddy cfml hosting. they should be banded.
> 
> I may be a bit off here but wouldn't PHP have a steering committee like the
> one being formed for HTML5, now there could be one for CFM, it may still be
> a bit one sided but hey it's a start.
> 
> Casey
> 
> 
> On 3/11/08, Mark Fuqua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure they meant 'someone' like you or me...that's the idea of
>> NA
>> having a steering committee to determine what gets included in the code
>> base...at least that's how I understand it.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Brad Wood]

If the above is truly their intention, this is HUGE for the CF
Community.

==

Trust me-- I am excited to see what this will bring too; however, if an
open source CFML engine is such a door-opener, then why hasn't everyone
jumped on the Smith Project and proliferated CFML to the ends of the
Earth by now?
Smith has been open source since May of last year.

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Russ]

I remember last time I looked at the CF alternatives, BD was the only one
that seemed mature.  Others seemed to be either in early stages or have
started charging and at that point weren't worth the trouble switching to
IMHO.  

A free CFML engine that's fairly compatible with Adobe's engine would be a
great thing IMHO.  

Russ

> -Original Message-
> From: Brad Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:17 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
> 
> If the above is truly their intention, this is HUGE for the CF
> Community.
> 
> ==
> 
> Trust me-- I am excited to see what this will bring too; however, if an
> open source CFML engine is such a door-opener, then why hasn't everyone
> jumped on the Smith Project and proliferated CFML to the ends of the
> Earth by now?
> Smith has been open source since May of last year.
> 
> ~Brad
> 
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Larry Lyons]

JBoss has a regular web server in it. Its very easy to run BlueDragon for J2EE 
on Apache. You will need a J2EE app server like JBoss to run BD. That said, its 
relatively easy to integrate JBoss/BD with Apache. Steve Brownlee gives a very 
good tutorial on this at http://www.fusioncube.net/?p=111. While he uses CF for 
this tutorial, the steps are exactly the same for Blue Dragon. I've been 
running this combo for internal sites for the last several months without any 
problems.

Another alternative is to use the native webserver that's in JBoss. Its not 
difficult at all to change the ports from 8080 to port 80.

hth,
larry

>I am pumped.
>
>One thing I did notice was it was the J2EE version. Which, if I understand
>correctly, is the version that is deployed on a Java App server like TomCat
>or JBoss and not a "regular" web server like Apache or IIS. Which is all
>fine with me in that is the direction I am heading anyways. But this is not
>going to lend it self to opening the doors for traditional hosting
>environments. Which is the the boost that CF really needs for popular
>adoption/mindshare IMO. This release is more geared toward Enterprise
>deployments.
>
>J
>
>
>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Sonny Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Sean Corfield]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Precisely, and I really do hope that this is the case. The only caveat
>  would be how NA's Dual-Licensing would work - and that's why I'm really
>  anxious to see the details there.

I'm not sure what your concern is here? Lots of companies use
dual-licensing: free open source version and a fully-supported,
non-free, commercial version. That's pretty standard these days. NA
are using GPLv2 so you can go read that (it's a standard open source
license).
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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Sean Corfield]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Tanguy Rademakers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Last year some Adobe fanboy was bitching out the NA list because the syntax 
> of the cfthread tag is different in BD 7 and CF 8

If you're talking about Peter Farrell's questions about cfthread (I
can't read the thread - New Atlanta's site is down right now!), it was
to do with trying to provide a version of Mach-II that ran on both BD
7 and CF 8 that could use threading. Some of the differences in
implementation meant that - for Mach-II's intended use - BD's cfthread
was not suitable. In my Edmund framework (which is still in its R&D
infancy) I have full support for both BD 7's cfthread and CF 8's
cfthread - because the common subset of functionality is sufficient
for my needs (in fact BD's cfthread is more permissive than CF 8's
which suits me better).

I would hardly describe Peter Farrell as an "Adobe fanboy" especially
since he was running his site for a long time on BlueDragon!

> only to have it come to light that NA implemented cfthread before Adobe, and 
> that it was up to Adobe to maintain compatibility.

Since Adobe (Macromedia / Allaire) created ColdFusion, I don't think
they have any responsibility to "maintain compatibility" since they
created the de facto standard. The burden is on other companies to
build compatible CFML engines, IMO. Nor do Adobe have any incentive to
create a common standard definition of CFML - as you said, that would
simply make it easier for other companies to build compatible CFML
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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tanguy Rademakers]

> I would hardly describe Peter Farrell as an "Adobe fanboy" especially
> since he was running his site for a long time on BlueDragon!

No, the person i was talking about is a certain Paul Vernon (NA's site is up, 
just checked). 

> > only to have it come to light that NA implemented cfthread before 
> Adobe, and that it was up to Adobe to maintain compatibility.
> 
> Since Adobe (Macromedia / Allaire) created ColdFusion, I don't think
> they have any responsibility to "maintain compatibility" since they
> created the de facto standard. The burden is on other companies to
> build compatible CFML engines, IMO. 

See, that's exactly what i'm talking about. If another company adds a feature 
*before* Adobe does, then how is it not the responsibility of Adobe to maintain 
compatibility when they themselves add the same feature? Should the other 
company in question break backwards compatibility with their own code just to 
match Adobe's implementation? Once again we see the position that only Adobe is 
allowed to innovate in this area. 

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Dave Watts]

> See, that's exactly what i'm talking about. If another 
> company adds a feature *before* Adobe does, then how is it 
> not the responsibility of Adobe to maintain compatibility 
> when they themselves add the same feature? Should the other 
> company in question break backwards compatibility with their 
> own code just to match Adobe's implementation? Once again we 
> see the position that only Adobe is allowed to innovate in 
> this area. 

Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe
hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor
selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise have
no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product that
provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature, the
onus is on you to provide that compatibility.

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tom Chiverton]

On Tuesday 11 Mar 2008, Tanguy Rademakers wrote:
> atitude time and again in the CF community: when Adobe introduces new
> syntax it's innovative, but when another vendor does it's disruptive. Last

Adobe 'own' CFML (the language). They can do what they like and still claim to 
be 'compatable'.

> year some Adobe fanboy was bitching out the NA list because the syntax of
> the cfthread tag is different in BD 7 and CF 8 - only to have it come to
> light that NA implemented cfthread before Adobe, and that it was up to
> Adobe to maintain compatibility.

>From their PoV, someone else made a change to the language with out asking 
them (who own it). Why should they change, I suppose.

> > least they could do would be to set up some sort of language standard,
> > and a
> > public process to get it altered.
>
> Unlikely, IMHO. They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. What
> you're proposing just makes it easier for others to compete with them.

Happier developers benefit the whole 'eco-system'. And Adobe *is* giving 
something like this control in other products to the community.

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Dan G. Switzer, II]

>From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> See, that's exactly what i'm talking about. If another
>> company adds a feature *before* Adobe does, then how is it
>> not the responsibility of Adobe to maintain compatibility
>> when they themselves add the same feature? Should the other
>> company in question break backwards compatibility with their
>> own code just to match Adobe's implementation? Once again we
>> see the position that only Adobe is allowed to innovate in
>> this area.
>
>Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe
>hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor
>selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise have
>no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product that
>provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature,
>the
>onus is on you to provide that compatibility.

I've always thought BD would have been better served by using the "cfx_"
extension for additions they made to the language. That would at least give
developers who want to use BD as their core language the ability to write
custom tags that could be implemented in other versions of CF. It would seem
to address a lot of issues of compatibility...

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tanguy Rademakers]

>Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe
>hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor
>selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise have
>no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product that
>provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature, the
>onus is on you to provide that compatibility.

Nobody could argue that NA haven't made every reasonable effort to ensure 
compatibility between BlueDragon and CFMX - as you point out, that's the 
business they're in. But when Adobe willingly breaks compatibility with 
BlueDragon by implementing a BD feature in a non-compatible manner, i think it 
is biased to claim that NA is responsible for resolving the resulting 
incompatibility. Most of us get upset when Microsoft abuses its dominant market 
position like this, i for one fail to see how Adobe is any different in this 
case. 

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Dale Fraser]

Seriously,

Adobe own CF, they can do what they want, everyone else is attempting to
copy this. If NA go off and add new features, they can't expect Adobe to
copy them, that makes no sense.

I don't think there is enough of a market to support so many clones getting
any decent market share.

Regards
Dale Fraser

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From: Tanguy Rademakers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2008 11:22 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source

>Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe
>hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor
>selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise have
>no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product that
>provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature,
the
>onus is on you to provide that compatibility.

Nobody could argue that NA haven't made every reasonable effort to ensure
compatibility between BlueDragon and CFMX - as you point out, that's the
business they're in. But when Adobe willingly breaks compatibility with
BlueDragon by implementing a BD feature in a non-compatible manner, i think
it is biased to claim that NA is responsible for resolving the resulting
incompatibility. Most of us get upset when Microsoft abuses its dominant
market position like this, i for one fail to see how Adobe is any different
in this case. 



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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Dave Watts]

> Nobody could argue that NA haven't made every reasonable 
> effort to ensure compatibility between BlueDragon and CFMX - 
> as you point out, that's the business they're in. But when 
> Adobe willingly breaks compatibility with BlueDragon by 
> implementing a BD feature in a non-compatible manner, i think 
> it is biased to claim that NA is responsible for resolving 
> the resulting incompatibility. Most of us get upset when 
> Microsoft abuses its dominant market position like this, i 
> for one fail to see how Adobe is any different in this case.

Adobe owns the original implementation of CFML, and because there's no
external standard for what CFML is, it is what they say it is. Comparing
this to what Microsoft does is silly, because ColdFusion is not an operating
system - other CFML vendors are not relying on Adobe to provide them an
environment in which their products can run. And, frankly, Adobe has no
incentive to cooperate with other CFML vendors.

If, in some fantastic future, NA becomes the dominant CFML vendor, then
perhaps Adobe will feel compelled to change.

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Kenneth Ferguson]

You seem to be overlooking the very basic fact that NA is well aware of the 
fact that anything they add may well have compatibility issues as new versions 
of CF come out. I don't think you'll ever hear this complaint coming from NA 
themselves; they knew it going in. The complaint comes from people who use NA's 
CFML engine. These people "should" have known that this sort of problem was 
very probable to occur. Adobe would be ill advised to plan any of their 
development of CF features around the additions other companies have made to 
their CFML engines. 

>From now on, I want you to know that it's very likely you'll run into similar 
>issues of compatibility between BD and CF. Complain to the people at NA and 
>I'm certain that they'll tell you the same thing, with some added thought that 
>they do their best to minimize the occurrences...

--Ferg

- Original Message 
From: Tanguy Rademakers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Talk 
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:22:09 AM
Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source

>Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe
>hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor
>selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise have
>no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product that
>provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature, the
>onus is on you to provide that compatibility.

Nobody could argue that NA haven't made every reasonable effort to ensure 
compatibility between BlueDragon and CFMX - as you point out, that's the 
business they're in. But when Adobe willingly breaks compatibility with 
BlueDragon by implementing a BD feature in a non-compatible manner, i think it 
is biased to claim that NA is responsible for resolving the resulting 
incompatibility. Most of us get upset when Microsoft abuses its dominant market 
position like this, i for one fail to see how Adobe is any different in this 
case. 



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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Sean Corfield]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:05 AM, Tanguy Rademakers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  No, the person i was talking about is a certain Paul Vernon (NA's site is 
> up, just checked).

OK, I don't remember the thread then. I'll go read up on it.

>  See, that's exactly what i'm talking about. If another company adds a 
> feature *before* Adobe does, then how is it not the responsibility of Adobe 
> to maintain compatibility when they themselves add the same feature?

Because Adobe has the luxury of more resources to design and test a
better version of the feature that is more in line with what their
customers want? Railo, for example, have implemented a few things
ahead of Adobe and have then gone back and changed their
implementation to match Adobe's. On the subject of cfthread, Vince @
NA specifically offered for BlueDragon's implementation to change to
become compatible with Adobe's (by adding features to allow both NA's
original implementation and an Adobe-compatible implementation).

Like it or not, Adobe define ColdFusion - the product and the language
- and other vendors who make a "compatible" product are either
compatible with Adobe's product or they're not. Companies / customers
don't care whether Adobe's product is compatible with any of the other
CFML engines. That's just a fact of life, I'm afraid.
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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Brad Wood]

See that's the problem.  Everyone is more than happy to jump on the band
wagon *after* there is a mature solution which is worth their time.
However, the chicken precedes the egg here, and the chicken is a
community of developers willing to put in months (or years) of work to
get a product to that point.  I fear our community doesn't have enough
of those people willing to roll up their Java/.NET sleeves and make open
source CF really fly.  
I sure hope I'm wrong-- I really do; but I think "Successful Open
Sourced CF" is a utopia many of us long for, but few of us would
actually get dirty for.

~Brad

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From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:35 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source

I remember last time I looked at the CF alternatives, BD was the only
one
that seemed mature.  Others seemed to be either in early stages or have
started charging and at that point weren't worth the trouble switching
to
IMHO.  

A free CFML engine that's fairly compatible with Adobe's engine would be
a
great thing IMHO.  

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Tom Chiverton]

On Wednesday 12 Mar 2008, Brad Wood wrote:
> I sure hope I'm wrong-- I really do; but I think "Successful Open
> Sourced CF" is a utopia many of us long for, but few of us would
> actually get dirty for.

I'm not sure many of us have the depth of Java knowledge that would be 
required.
See also CFEclipse.

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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Eric Roberts]

I would suggest checking out MySQL and what they do with it...

The way they do it...if you need support (and several other features not
available in the free version), you pay for licensing.  If you don't need
this, then you can use it for free.  

Most companies want and need the support.  That is where these companies
make their money.  As a business, you want to be able to have someone you
can call and say, my server is down and I need help to get it running asap
so it doesn't effect my business.  This gives you that option.  

If you feel you can handle everything yourself...then by all means use it
for free :-D

The other benefit is that when there is an open source/free version, you
don't have to pay to have copies for your development, testing, and QA
environments.  It allows you to have the same exact environment (not one
with limited connections or other things with their wings clipped) as your
production environment.  It also becomes pretty expensive when you have to
buy licenses for 4 sets of servers if you have the above model.  A 7k dollar
product now becomes a 28k dollar product when only one of those servers is
actually producing revenue. I think that seriously encourages people to use
a product when they can do that.  I hope Adobe follows suit.  

Eric

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/*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:50 AM
/*To: CF-Talk
/*Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
/*
/*On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
/*wrote:
/*>  Precisely, and I really do hope that this is the case. The only caveat
/*>  would be how NA's Dual-Licensing would work - and that's why I'm really
/*>  anxious to see the details there.
/*
/*I'm not sure what your concern is here? Lots of companies use
/*dual-licensing: free open source version and a fully-supported,
/*non-free, commercial version. That's pretty standard these days. NA
/*are using GPLv2 so you can go read that (it's a standard open source
/*license).
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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Russ]

Personally, I try to use open source software when I can, and don't use paid
support ever.  I find no need to use paid support when there is so much
information available on the web.  I also find that there is more and better
support available for open source projects.  The users and developers
mailing lists can be invaluable, and being able to look at the source helps
too sometimes. 

>From experience of friends and family, I have noticed that paid support is
utterly useless.  They almost never come through, and things that take me
about 10 minutes to do take weeks to get done through paid support, and even
then they're not done properly.  

Just my $0.02. 

RUss

> -Original Message-
> From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:50 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
> 
> I would suggest checking out MySQL and what they do with it...
> 
> The way they do it...if you need support (and several other features not
> available in the free version), you pay for licensing.  If you don't need
> this, then you can use it for free.
> 
> Most companies want and need the support.  That is where these companies
> make their money.  As a business, you want to be able to have someone you
> can call and say, my server is down and I need help to get it running asap
> so it doesn't effect my business.  This gives you that option.
> 
> If you feel you can handle everything yourself...then by all means use it
> for free :-D
> 
> The other benefit is that when there is an open source/free version, you
> don't have to pay to have copies for your development, testing, and QA
> environments.  It allows you to have the same exact environment (not one
> with limited connections or other things with their wings clipped) as your
> production environment.  It also becomes pretty expensive when you have to
> buy licenses for 4 sets of servers if you have the above model.  A 7k
> dollar
> product now becomes a 28k dollar product when only one of those servers is
> actually producing revenue. I think that seriously encourages people to
> use
> a product when they can do that.  I hope Adobe follows suit.
> 
> Eric
> 
> /*-Original Message-
> /*From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> /*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:50 AM
> /*To: CF-Talk
> /*Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
> /*
> /*On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> /*wrote:
> /*>  Precisely, and I really do hope that this is the case. The only
> caveat
> /*>  would be how NA's Dual-Licensing would work - and that's why I'm
> really
> /*>  anxious to see the details there.
> /*
> /*I'm not sure what your concern is here? Lots of companies use
> /*dual-licensing: free open source version and a fully-supported,
> /*non-free, commercial version. That's pretty standard these days. NA
> /*are using GPLv2 so you can go read that (it's a standard open source
> /*license).
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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Eric Roberts]

Sean Said:
Since Adobe (Macromedia / Allaire) created ColdFusion, I don't think they
have any responsibility to "maintain compatibility" since they created the
de facto standard. The burden is on other companies to build compatible CFML
engines, IMO. Nor do Adobe have any incentive to create a common standard
definition of CFML - as you said, that would simply make it easier for other
companies to build compatible CFML engines.



Sean,

I would disagree with you on this in spirit.  While there is no real or
legal responsibility for them to maintain compatibility, It would behoove
them to do so (yes...the true responsibility does lie with the other
companies...but I do think that Adobe should lead the way).  If they try to
bring BD users over to Adobe, wouldn't it be a lot easier if they were able
to say you can migrate over to our engine without having to modify the code?
Make the selling points be things in relation to the engine like efficiency,
stability, etc more than the code.  While it would make it easier for other
companies to create CF engines, they should also recognize that the
competition does everyone good as it keeps the language fresh and
competitive with other languages and inspires product innovation and
improvement.  This also would keep the developers happy too...something they
should be actively trying to do as we are the best salesmen they have.
Maybe a CF standards organization is in order?

Eric


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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Eric Roberts]

How are they not selling the engine?  If they were selling just the language
then BD would ne be able to use the language, without licensing.  Without
the engine, the language is pretty useless.

I think the responsibility lies with both as their responsibility is to
their customers.  A standardized environment is beneficial to all.  What
might be a good idea is for each company to sell "tag packs" that would
update he other with tags (and tag differences) from the other...then
everyone gets to make money ;-)

Eric

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/*To: CF-Talk
/*Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
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/*> See, that's exactly what i'm talking about. If another
/*> company adds a feature *before* Adobe does, then how is it
/*> not the responsibility of Adobe to maintain compatibility
/*> when they themselves add the same feature? Should the other
/*> company in question break backwards compatibility with their
/*> own code just to match Adobe's implementation? Once again we
/*> see the position that only Adobe is allowed to innovate in
/*> this area.
/*
/*Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe
/*hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor
/*selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise have
/*no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product that
/*provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature,
/*the
/*onus is on you to provide that compatibility.
/*
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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Eric Roberts]

They don't have to, but if they did something like this, they would keep the
dev community happy and happy developers make great unpaid salesmen for
Adobe.

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/*On Tuesday 11 Mar 2008, Tanguy Rademakers wrote:
/*> atitude time and again in the CF community: when Adobe introduces new
/*> syntax it's innovative, but when another vendor does it's disruptive.
/*Last
/*
/*Adobe 'own' CFML (the language). They can do what they like and still
/*claim to
/*be 'compatable'.
/*
/*> year some Adobe fanboy was bitching out the NA list because the syntax
/*of
/*> the cfthread tag is different in BD 7 and CF 8 - only to have it come to
/*> light that NA implemented cfthread before Adobe, and that it was up to
/*> Adobe to maintain compatibility.
/*
/*From their PoV, someone else made a change to the language with out asking
/*them (who own it). Why should they change, I suppose.
/*
/*> > least they could do would be to set up some sort of language standard,
/*> > and a
/*> > public process to get it altered.
/*>
/*> Unlikely, IMHO. They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. What
/*> you're proposing just makes it easier for others to compete with them.
/*
/*Happier developers benefit the whole 'eco-system'. And Adobe *is* giving
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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Eric Roberts]

I think there is more than a large enough market...one that could increase
with competition.

Eric

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/*From: Dale Fraser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
/*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:34 AM
/*To: CF-Talk
/*Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
/*
/*Seriously,
/*
/*Adobe own CF, they can do what they want, everyone else is attempting to
/*copy this. If NA go off and add new features, they can't expect Adobe to
/*copy them, that makes no sense.
/*
/*I don't think there is enough of a market to support so many clones
/*getting
/*any decent market share.
/*
/*Regards
/*Dale Fraser
/*
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/*Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2008 11:22 PM
/*To: CF-Talk
/*Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
/*
/*>Adobe is not selling a CFML engine. Adobe is selling ColdFusion. Adobe
/*>hasn't standardized CFML, and has no responsibility to any other vendor
/*>selling CFML engines. You can argue that those other vendors likewise
/*have
/*>no responsibility to Adobe, and I'd agree, but if you build a product
/*that
/*>provides compatibility with someone else's product as its chief feature,
/*the
/*>onus is on you to provide that compatibility.
/*
/*Nobody could argue that NA haven't made every reasonable effort to ensure
/*compatibility between BlueDragon and CFMX - as you point out, that's the
/*business they're in. But when Adobe willingly breaks compatibility with
/*BlueDragon by implementing a BD feature in a non-compatible manner, i
/*think
/*it is biased to claim that NA is responsible for resolving the resulting
/*incompatibility. Most of us get upset when Microsoft abuses its dominant
/*market position like this, i for one fail to see how Adobe is any
/*different
/*in this case.
/*
/*
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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Eric Roberts]

On the consumer level, you are correct.  Having worked in that industry (did
support for Belkin wireless products, BFG Graphic cards, Scientific Atlanta
cable boxes, Best data Modems/Diamond Video products, as well as enterprise
level networking support for CDW, I would very much agree that consumer
level support suck you know what.  Most tech support people are poorly
trained and are given very little information to help solve consumer issues.


Enterprise level support is different.  They tend to be people who are
knowledgeable in what they are supported, and fairly well trained for the
job (especially since most of the support at this level is paid).

While user forums and mailing lists are very helpful, sometimes that can be
completely useless.  Even this list, which has been awesome and many people
on this list bend over backwards to help people with questions they have, I
have had more than a few questions go unanswered.  This list is also a lot
better than most, so on other list, more often than not, I have unanswered
questions or questions that the others on the list don't have a clue.  That
is something that won't happen with enterprise level support.  The only time
I have seen it take days or weeks is if there is a serious issue that
involves a major bug in the code.  That is why companies use paid support.  

Eric

/*-Original Message-
/*From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
/*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:59 PM
/*To: CF-Talk
/*Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
/*
/*Personally, I try to use open source software when I can, and don't use
/*paid
/*support ever.  I find no need to use paid support when there is so much
/*information available on the web.  I also find that there is more and
/*better
/*support available for open source projects.  The users and developers
/*mailing lists can be invaluable, and being able to look at the source
/*helps
/*too sometimes.
/*
/*From experience of friends and family, I have noticed that paid support is
/*utterly useless.  They almost never come through, and things that take me
/*about 10 minutes to do take weeks to get done through paid support, and
/*even
/*then they're not done properly.
/*
/*Just my $0.02.
/*
/*RUss
/*
/*> -Original Message-
/*> From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
/*> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:50 PM
/*> To: CF-Talk
/*> Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
/*>
/*> I would suggest checking out MySQL and what they do with it...
/*>
/*> The way they do it...if you need support (and several other features not
/*> available in the free version), you pay for licensing.  If you don't
/*need
/*> this, then you can use it for free.
/*>
/*> Most companies want and need the support.  That is where these companies
/*> make their money.  As a business, you want to be able to have someone
/*you
/*> can call and say, my server is down and I need help to get it running
/*asap
/*> so it doesn't effect my business.  This gives you that option.
/*>
/*> If you feel you can handle everything yourself...then by all means use
/*it
/*> for free :-D
/*>
/*> The other benefit is that when there is an open source/free version, you
/*> don't have to pay to have copies for your development, testing, and QA
/*> environments.  It allows you to have the same exact environment (not one
/*> with limited connections or other things with their wings clipped) as
/*your
/*> production environment.  It also becomes pretty expensive when you have
/*to
/*> buy licenses for 4 sets of servers if you have the above model.  A 7k
/*> dollar
/*> product now becomes a 28k dollar product when only one of those servers
/*is
/*> actually producing revenue. I think that seriously encourages people to
/*> use
/*> a product when they can do that.  I hope Adobe follows suit.
/*>
/*> Eric
/*>
/*> /*-Original Message-----
/*> /*From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
/*> /*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:50 AM
/*> /*To: CF-Talk
/*> /*Subject: Re: Bluedragon = open source
/*> /*
/*> /*On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Jordan Michaels
/*<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
/*> /*wrote:
/*> /*>  Precisely, and I really do hope that this is the case. The only
/*> caveat
/*> /*>  would be how NA's Dual-Licensing would work - and that's why I'm
/*> really
/*> /*>  anxious to see the details there.
/*> /*
/*> /*I'm not sure what your concern is here? Lots of companies use
/*> /*dual-licensing: free open source version and a fully-supported,
/*> /*non-free, commercial version. That's pretty standard these days. NA
/*> /*are using GPLv2 so you can go read that (it's a standard open source
/*> /*license).
/*> /*--
/*> /*Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN
/*> /*An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/
/*> /*
/

RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Brad Wood]

I would suggest checking out MySQL and what they do with it... The way
they do it...if you need support (and several other features not
available in the free version), you pay for licensing. 

==

And pay you do!  MySQL Enterprise Platinum is $4,999 USD /Server/Year.

On the subject of supporting your own installs.  Sometimes I don't think
"community support" is all it's cracked up to be.  I think our CF
community does a good job, but wading through 1000's of message boards
and being told to "RTFM" is not my idea of a good time.  That being
said, I use several open source softwares like MySQL, but only for my
personal stuff.

~Brad

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Mary Jo Sminkey]

>See that's the problem.  Everyone is more than happy to jump on the band
>wagon *after* there is a mature solution which is worth their time.
>However, the chicken precedes the egg here, and the chicken is a
>community of developers willing to put in months (or years) of work to
>get a product to that point.  I fear our community doesn't have enough
>of those people willing to roll up their Java/.NET sleeves and make open
>source CF really fly.  

Actually, what we really need is simply more people to use these other servers 
and give them support. I do a lot to promote BlueDragon to my users when they 
are looking for alternatives, and am putting a lot of time right now into 
testing on Railo and making that a good option for them as well. I've not 
looked at Smith Project in a while, but can certainly look at that in the 
future if it looks viable for complex applications as well. The more people 
that use these servers with different types of sites, the more we as a 
community can flesh out the problems, and make sure that they *are* fully 
compatible and will not give people headaches if they move over from 
ColdFusion. There's also other ways people can help with open source projects, 
other than just code...as much as I'm a fan of Railo, the documentation really 
does suck big time, and I'd love to see them get someone to do nothing but work 
on clear, well-written documentation on installing and using the server, as I 
do think it's the biggest stumbling block for people that are not easily able 
to figure things out themselves. 





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RE: Bluedragon = open source

[Russ]

Actually the support I'm talking about IS enterprise support, and it is in a
lot of cases, utterly useless.   I'm not even mentioning consumer level
support, which can probably be replaced with a nice AI that follows the same
exact script they do.  They are not trained to think.  They are trained to
search for the problem you are having in their knowledgebase, and then guide
you through the script.  Higher level support is often better though 

While enterprise support might be ok, you will often find better support on
mailing lists as they have more people, and more likely that someone has
faced the issue before.  Also, since the software is free, it has been used
by more people.  Not everyone, for example, can afford to buy Oracle, so the
number of installs would be smaller then MySQL, and therefore it's less
likely that someone came across a problem that you were having with Oracle
as opposed to a problem you were having with MySQL. 

Russ


> -Original Message-
> From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:28 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
> 
> On the consumer level, you are correct.  Having worked in that industry
> (did
> support for Belkin wireless products, BFG Graphic cards, Scientific
> Atlanta
> cable boxes, Best data Modems/Diamond Video products, as well as
> enterprise
> level networking support for CDW, I would very much agree that consumer
> level support suck you know what.  Most tech support people are poorly
> trained and are given very little information to help solve consumer
> issues.
> 
> 
> Enterprise level support is different.  They tend to be people who are
> knowledgeable in what they are supported, and fairly well trained for the
> job (especially since most of the support at this level is paid).
> 
> While user forums and mailing lists are very helpful, sometimes that can
> be
> completely useless.  Even this list, which has been awesome and many
> people
> on this list bend over backwards to help people with questions they have,
> I
> have had more than a few questions go unanswered.  This list is also a lot
> better than most, so on other list, more often than not, I have unanswered
> questions or questions that the others on the list don't have a clue.
> That
> is something that won't happen with enterprise level support.  The only
> time
> I have seen it take days or weeks is if there is a serious issue that
> involves a major bug in the code.  That is why companies use paid support.
> 
> Eric
> 
> /*-Original Message-
> /*From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> /*Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:59 PM
> /*To: CF-Talk
> /*Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
> /*
> /*Personally, I try to use open source software when I can, and don't use
> /*paid
> /*support ever.  I find no need to use paid support when there is so much
> /*information available on the web.  I also find that there is more and
> /*better
> /*support available for open source projects.  The users and developers
> /*mailing lists can be invaluable, and being able to look at the source
> /*helps
> /*too sometimes.
> /*
> /*From experience of friends and family, I have noticed that paid support
> is
> /*utterly useless.  They almost never come through, and things that take
> me
> /*about 10 minutes to do take weeks to get done through paid support, and
> /*even
> /*then they're not done properly.
> /*
> /*Just my $0.02.
> /*
> /*RUss
> /*
> /*> -Original Message-
> /*> From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> /*> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:50 PM
> /*> To: CF-Talk
> /*> Subject: RE: Bluedragon = open source
> /*>
> /*> I would suggest checking out MySQL and what they do with it...
> /*>
> /*> The way they do it...if you need support (and several other features
> not
> /*> available in the free version), you pay for licensing.  If you don't
> /*need
> /*> this, then you can use it for free.
> /*>
> /*> Most companies want and need the support.  That is where these
> companies
> /*> make their money.  As a business, you want to be able to have someone
> /*you
> /*> can call and say, my server is down and I need help to get it running
> /*asap
> /*> so it doesn't effect my business.  This gives you that option.
> /*>
> /*> If you feel you can handle everything yourself...then by all means use
> /*it
> /*> for free :-D
> /*>
> /*> The other benefit is that when there is an open source/free version,
> you
> /*> don't have to pay to have copies for your development, testing, and QA
> /*> environments

Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Adam Haskell]

I know my entry is not for Railo but the directions I have posted could
easily be used to get Railo running on Jboss. I hope this helps introduce a
few people to Jboss Eclipse and their choice of CFML engines.

 http://cfrant.blogspot.com/2008/03/jboss-eclipse-and-bluedragon.html

Adam Haskell


On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> >See that's the problem.  Everyone is more than happy to jump on the band
> >wagon *after* there is a mature solution which is worth their time.
> >However, the chicken precedes the egg here, and the chicken is a
> >community of developers willing to put in months (or years) of work to
> >get a product to that point.  I fear our community doesn't have enough
> >of those people willing to roll up their Java/.NET sleeves and make open
> >source CF really fly.
>
> Actually, what we really need is simply more people to use these other
> servers and give them support. I do a lot to promote BlueDragon to my users
> when they are looking for alternatives, and am putting a lot of time right
> now into testing on Railo and making that a good option for them as well.
> I've not looked at Smith Project in a while, but can certainly look at that
> in the future if it looks viable for complex applications as well. The more
> people that use these servers with different types of sites, the more we as
> a community can flesh out the problems, and make sure that they *are* fully
> compatible and will not give people headaches if they move over from
> ColdFusion. There's also other ways people can help with open source
> projects, other than just code...as much as I'm a fan of Railo, the
> documentation really does suck big time, and I'd love to see them get
> someone to do nothing but work on clear, well-written documentation on
> installing and using the server, as I do think it's the biggest stumbling
> block for people that are not easily able to figure things out themselves.
>
>
>
>
>
> 

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Re: Bluedragon = open source

[Gerald Guido]

Thanx Adam. Jboss is a bit daunting at first. I am so used to Tomcat.

Everything seems to be popping up BD these days. We are all very excited
about this at our shop. We have using MM/Adobe CF for years and are taking a
*very* serious look at BD. We really want to move towards a Java platform.
Selling Adobe CF is one thing but selling CF Enterprise is quite another.
Especially with the recession looming in the minds of the bean counters and
a FOSS minded CEO.

Again thanx,
G



On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I know my entry is not for Railo but the directions I have posted could
> easily be used to get Railo running on Jboss. I hope this helps introduce
> a
> few people to Jboss Eclipse and their choice of CFML engines.
>
>  http://cfrant.blogspot.com/2008/03/jboss-eclipse-and-bluedragon.html
>
> Adam Haskell
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > >See that's the problem.  Everyone is more than happy to jump on the
> band
> > >wagon *after* there is a mature solution which is worth their time.
> > >However, the chicken precedes the egg here, and the chicken is a
> > >community of developers willing to put in months (or years) of work to
> > >get a product to that point.  I fear our community doesn't have enough
> > >of those people willing to roll up their Java/.NET sleeves and make
> open
> > >source CF really fly.
> >
> > Actually, what we really need is simply more people to use these other
> > servers and give them support. I do a lot to promote BlueDragon to my
> users
> > when they are looking for alternatives, and am putting a lot of time
> right
> > now into testing on Railo and making that a good option for them as
> well.
> > I've not looked at Smith Project in a while, but can certainly look at
> that
> > in the future if it looks viable for complex applications as well. The
> more
> > people that use these servers with different types of sites, the more we
> as
> > a community can flesh out the problems, and make sure that they *are*
> fully
> > compatible and will not give people headaches if they move over from
> > ColdFusion. There's also other ways people can help with open source
> > projects, other than just code...as much as I'm a fan of Railo, the
> > documentation really does suck big time, and I'd love to see them get
> > someone to do nothing but work on clear, well-written documentation on
> > installing and using the server, as I do think it's the biggest
> stumbling
> > block for people that are not easily able to figure things out
> themselves.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> 

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