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webconfused
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December 19, 2007
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Where to buy Coldfusion 5

  • December 19, 2007
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Hi All,
I am moving server and need to install Coldfusion 5 on my new server.
Does anyone know where I can purchase Coldfusion 5 for my commercial website.
If not are the latest versions really backwards compatible.
Thanks in advance
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    Newsgroup_User
    Inspiring
    December 19, 2007
    CF 5 is no longer sold or maintained by the manufacture Adobe nee
    Macromedia nee Alaire (the name of the company when 5 came out). You
    would need to purchase a previously owned copy from somebody looking to
    sell. Realize that you will not get any official support from Adobe for
    that version.

    There is a significant change between version 5 and 6. That is when CF
    was changed from a C++ code base to a Java code base. 95% of things
    work the same, but there are several well known and documented gotchas
    when migrating to the MX (i.e. Java) era.

    In version 6 there was a tool to help developers identify these known
    issues. I am not sure if it still exists in the 7 and 8 versions. MX6
    is also no longer officially supported by Adobe. Their policy is to
    support the current version and one previous version so that is now 8 and 7.

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    webconfusedAuthor
    Participant
    December 19, 2007
    Thanks very much for your reply.
    I think I'll try to find an old copy from somewhere - so far it's proved difficult.
    ANyway thanks again.

    If anyone knows where I can get a copy, or has a copy they want to offload please let me know.
    thanks
    Ben
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