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TonightWeDineInHELL
TonightWeDineInHELL
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April 2, 2014
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Is ColdFusion dead, six feet under, pushing up daisies?

  • April 2, 2014
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The security team here at the University seems to think ColdFusion is dead. Is it? I'm getting tired of trying to defend it. Do you have any resources to help? List of Companies perhaps?

Just so we're all on the same page, Adobe chat support's official response to this question was;

"... we don't have option for that, however if you are facing any technical issue you can contact our expert in technical team."

And calling tech support I was presented with the response;

"We can't help you. Go to the forums."

When I asked tech support to route me to a supervisor he said, "Adobe doesn't care if you discontinue use of their product" Yep. He actually said that to me

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WolfShade
WolfShade
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April 2, 2014

There are many US Gov't agencies that still use CF; I'm currently on contract with one.  On the flip side, the US Federal Reserve Bank is (last I checked) in the process of porting their CF apps over to .Net.

I believe that AT&T is still using CF.  I still run across CF websites.

I don't think it's going to "push daisies" anytime soon.

^_^

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Anonymous
April 2, 2014

Yes AT&T is still using ColdFusion in fact I got several calls from recruiters about two positions with them last week or week before last. Also UPS has recruiters making the rounds about every 6 to 9 months looking for CF Devs. Always hear about various positions with the State Dept, Dept of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration looking for CF Devlopers. It's been a few years but NASA was heavy in CF Dev jobs for a while as well. So yeah I don't think CF is dead in the least.

Anit_Kumar
Community Manager
Anit_KumarCommunity Manager
Community Manager
April 2, 2014

Hi TonightWeDineInHELL,

We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. ColdFusion is not going anywhere, and has a roadmap ahead (http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/product-roadmap-for-coldfusion). We just announced beta release of ColdFusion 11 (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/coldfusion/)

You can contact us at cfinstal@adobe.com, in case you are not able to get relevant responses. We will try to respond as soon as possible.

Regards,

Anit Kumar

Anit_Kumar
Community Manager
Anit_KumarCommunity Manager
Community Manager
April 2, 2014

Oops Carl. I posted before you, but it showed your response first .

Yes, Carl and I are pointing to the same contents.

Regards,

Anit Kumar

Carl Von Stetten
Carl Von Stetten
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April 2, 2014

Does the fact that the next major release (ColdFusion 11) is currently in public beta testing phase, and that Adobe have at least one more version after that (ColdFusion 12) on their public road map help answer that?  Also that the Adobe-developed ColdFusion IDE (ColdFusion Builder) is also in public beta for version 3.0, and that another version to pair with ColdFusion 12 is also on the roadmap?

I wouldn't expect a technical support analyst to be able to answer a question that should really be targeted to Adobe marketing or product management groups.  You can hit up the product manager for ColdFusion on Twitter: @rakshithn or the ColdFusion evangelist: @elishdvorak.

-Carl V.

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