RE: FLASH: !!!macromedia & allaire to merge!!!

[John Dowdell]

Wednesday, January 17, 2001, 1:04:25 AM, Mats Persson wrote:

> > Now, THIS probably explains why there's no PHP support in UltraDev 4.

>

> Yes, and it's a shame.


At 6:56 AM 1/17/1, Cordes, Micah wrote:

> i just hope macromedia does not become one of those, "we like this

> program, and screw what everyone else uses" companys.


No worries... one of the clear priorities here is continuing to ease the

workflows designers and developers actually use.


We're not perfect yet -- it's been easier to handle ASP and JSP and CFML in

UltraDev than the decentralized PHP so far, for instance -- but there's a

clear mandate to be open to the *various* technologies people choose to

use, such as Lasso, BEA, Adobe graphics, .NET, more.


Rephrased, there's no *room* to be closed. 8)




At 8:11 AM 1/17/1, Cordes, Micah wrote:

> Well, opions vary wherever i go. the company i worked for that i

> left recently believed in Cold fusion 100% and here at the new

> company it is frowned upon.


Agreed. Different people have different needs. Respecting those differences

is one of the keys to success. This is a strongly-emphasized tenet here in

the shop.





At 7:53 AM 1/17/1, Sohrab Pirayesh wrote:

> On Macromedias site they said that most of Allaire's products will

> now decrease dramatically in costs because of the merger.


Hmm? I don't recall seeing that here:

http://www.macromedia.com/special/allaire/


Yesterday was the announcement that the two companies will merge. It will

take months to implement the integration. Product development will follow

that, and after *that* comes any specific product announcements. Too early,

too subject to change, for any specific statements about products today,

sorry.


jd






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