Our "pals" at SYS-CON have done it again. Just when I thought they had displayed the utmost in immaturity and unprofessionalism, they manage to make even bigger fools of themselves. And no, I am not going to link to specific posts or pages, and I ask that comments refrain from the same - considering that all they have nowadays are measly ads, I do not want to in any way contribute to their ad revenue. Suffice it to say that the more we see of SYS-CON's petty antics, the more our decision to cut their funding makes sense. Of course, that is what has triggered this recent outbreak of logorrhoea, and judging by their meaningless drivel I can only assume that the few employees who were not wise enough to jump ship are feeling somewhat desperate. And so, perhaps a moment of silence is in order for the fallen SYS-CON. Or ... nah, what the heck, a toast is more appropriate. Cheers!
**raises glass in a toast*
Well in my case, curiosity killed my IE Browser.
I had to go to the sys-con site to check out what verbal defecation they were currently spewing. And when I tried to actually click on the links of one of their articles, the browser hangs for 5 minutes before dying.
I hung around long enough to see that yet again they are probably misquoting Michael Dinowitz.
When will their libel, and dirty journalism, stop. I guess when all the advertisors pull the plug.
Which is probably never, since companies are perfectly happy having rags like this do the dirty work of spamming people, and using intrusive popups and popunders and whathaveyou.
It's nice to see high school drama students have a future writing columns for on-line magazines.
Craig! Don't insult the high school drama students. Some of them actually have _real_ talent ;-)
I'm sure Tim Buntel is a good guy and did a good job but I somehow doubt that he was the sole driving force behind continued CF development.
What a load of garbage my God those folks need to get a life. And I agree, Adobe should pull all funding and advertising from them and perhaps publish their own online magazine with contributions from the community.
Thie article referenced? Two monkeys (one deceased), one typewriter, ten minutes.
I visit the front page of the CFDJ site, and there are only articles that were in the recent issues, or blog entries from Tim, Sean, and Rob G. So I've poked around trying to find what everyone must be referring to. The title of Scott Stroz' cover story is certainly something folks could think is inflammatory, but those who read it will see he was actually being very supportive of CF8.
So I'm left wondering: did they pull something? or am I an idiot for not seeing something so obvious to everyone else? Worse, by our having to poke around, we're just driving up that ad revenue! :-)
Out of respect for your request, I'll also ask that no one else link to it, since it was Ben's request. But I hope you'll consider this, as surely your blog entry will itself get a lot of visits, and I have to think others will be in the same boat as I am.
if nobody's linked you get, check your e-mail :)
If you dig around, you can find out some interesting stuff about Fuat who runs Sys-Con. Some of the "authors" who pen the more critical pieces are merely nom de plumes of Fuat (those authors don't exist *anywhere* outside of Sys-Con, despite their supposed credentials). Fuat's favorite Sys-Con publication is his beloved yachting journal where he is much-quoted, enjoyed his luxury yacht absorbed lifestyle.
Gotta love Google...
no more link, and no way to view feedback left. guess they didn't like the feedback they were getting.
According to some in the ColdFusion community, Adobe's destruction of ColdFusion started by pulling the plug on a 10 year-old institution, ColdFusion Developer's Journal, earlier this summer.
Nothing like creating your own reality if you don't like the one you are in!
It came off as a glorified blog entry to me. I don't see how anyone can possibly take it seriously.
As a senior IT manager, it makes me VERY nervous see articles discussing "dead technologies" (as I saw this year) with CF listed. When I talk to other companies, I hear about them moving off CF.
Has anyone seen or heard anything that indicates CF use isn't declining? Anything from Adobe that makes their commitment to CF more tangible?
As for "Anything from Adobe that makes their commitment to CF more tangible", well, we certainly have CF8 which was a phenomenal release in both features and quality, and plans for 9 have already been discussed publicly.
Perhaps more compelling (to your question) is the fact that Adobe recently added dedicated account managers because sales of CF have been so substantial. I'll leave it to others to share more thoughts, but just know that your sentiments--while not unique--are not really accurate with respect to the overall health of CF and its community.