Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread John Allen
They do post your comments upon posting. Guys head over there and leave a comment! This drivel can NOT be allowed to stand. On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > That is just about the funniest article I ever read. > > Let's break it down again. > > The owner threw it toget

Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Gerald Guido
Personally I would not run out to comment on this story with knee jerk responses as we (we meaning upset human beings) are inclined to do. Give it some thought before posting. Do a second draft. Think of this as a chess match and make your moves with the goal being to win over developers and man

Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Jerry Johnson
That is just about the funniest article I ever read. Let's break it down again. The owner threw it together himself in 2000, using Coldfusion, and it built his business, and lasted for 9 years. A team started rewriting it 3 years ago in a "more modern technology", and the new version just went

Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Dave Watts
> Grrr.  Commented: > http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/02/mfg-com-takes-off-the-cuffs-with-manufacturing-marketplace-redesign/#comment-3072314 I suspect that they don't immediately post your comment if it has any URLs in it. Mine did, so I resubmitted it without the URL. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Le

Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread John M Bliss
Grrr. Commented: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/02/mfg-com-takes-off-the-cuffs-with-manufacturing-marketplace-redesign/#comment-3072314 On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > > > You may be correct. But developers aren't the only ones reading > TechCrunch, > > bosses read it.

Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Dave Watts
> You may be correct.  But developers aren't the only ones reading TechCrunch, > bosses read it.  Something like that is all it takes to create self doubt > whether they're developing on the right platform. For those of you who agree, your efforts might be better spent commenting there than here.

Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Rick Mason
nally have a modern architecture, built on Java and > designed to scale." > Psst... ColdFusion MX-9 has had a Java backend. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Rick Mason [mailto:rhma...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 5:19 PM > To: cf-talk > Subj

RE: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Bryan Stevenson
On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 17:29 -0600, Jason Durham wrote: > "Only now does it finally have a modern architecture, built on Java > and designed to scale." > Don't ya just love those kinds of statements. This is why real journalism is dead onlinetoo many stories written and not nearly enough peo

RE: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Jason Durham
me. :o) "Only now does it finally have a modern architecture, built on Java and designed to scale." Psst... ColdFusion MX-9 has had a Java backend. -Original Message- From: Rick Mason [mailto:rhma...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 5:19 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Te

Re: TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Phillip Vector
Reminds me of an interview I once had with someone over the phone. They asked if I was comfortable with a language outside of ColdFusion "because it was so outdated" and nothing I could tell her would change her mind because she wrote a book on it. Suffice it to say, the interview didn't go well.

TechCrunch calls ColdFusion "outmoded technology"

2009-11-02 Thread Rick Mason
Eric Schonfeld writing on TechCrunch about the b2b site mfg.com that recently was rebuilt from the ground up. He said the rebuilding was necessary because it was still using the outmoded technology of ColdFusion. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/02/mfg-com-takes-off-the-cuffs-with-manufacturing