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eWeek Article - Adobe Should Open-Source Macromedia Castoffs
Posted on May 03, 2005
Jim Rapoza of eWeek has written an article that mostly ponders the future of products under a merged Adobe/Macromedia ending with a plea for them to open-source cast-offs. You can read the whole article at Yahoo! News. Specifically related to ColdFusion, he states:
"More worrisome to me are the server- and developer-oriented products. For example, ColdFusion, originally from Allaire, never totally fit in at Macromedia, and it's not likely to be a better fit at Adobe. ColdFusion is still very popular with many Web developers, and, for the most part, Macromedia has done a good job of enhancing it. Will Adobe continue on in this vein, or will it let the technology stagnate or ax it completely?"
I am not sure I understand his assertion that ColdFusion never totally fit in at Macromedia, and he offers no specifics to back up that assertion. I think his underlying premise, that the server products as a whole are the most "worrisome" holds up though, even if I do not buy into any doomsday predictions.
I think why many ColdFusion developers are worried is because a product like ColdFusion does not seem like a natural fit in Adobe's portfolio. We are simply left just with the question "Why would Adobe cast-off a popular and profitable product?"