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Anonymous
January 27, 2011
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Why does Adobe use php for http://www.adobemuseum.com/index.php

  • January 27, 2011
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I am a Flex/Java Developer and want to learn ColdFusion but I see Adobe uses PHP and ASP(.NET) for a few of there own tech why don't they use ColdFusion for this? I ColdFusion not really for websites and more for intranet?

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    Correct answer Owainnorth

    I wouldn't take using something else as them not thinking CF is suitable, look at these very forums. Adobe could easily have written their own forum software but instead decided to lumber us with this shonky Jive malarkey.

    Many of the sites they are using might well be powered by various suitable CMS's behind the scenes, and not many of these are based on CF; therefore Adobe are stuck using ASP, PHP or whatever.

    If they started using Silverlight I'd completely agree with you and it would look very poor on them, but web technologies are so varied that sometimes CF just isn't the tool of choice, that doesn't make it a bad product.

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    Anonymous
    January 27, 2011

    Ok Owain your ansewr makes sense thanks

    Owainnorth
    Owainnorth
    Inspiring
    January 27, 2011

    What would be the advantage of them doing so?

    Bear in mind they're a massive company and only bought ColdFusion a couple of versions ago. Quite a lot of the content on their sites is simply ported across from the companies from whom they buy products.

    PHP is free and lightweight, and ASP integrates well with Windows backend functions. I very much doubt all of Adobe's internal developers work with CF, in the same way you wouldn't expect them to all know Flash, and use Dreamweaver. ColdFusion is quite a heavyweight app if all you want to do is host an array of largely static pages, whereas PHP copes with that very well.

    Horses for courses + legacy sites = big ol' mess of technologies

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    Anonymous
    January 27, 2011

    Ok it makes sense what you said   If Adobe didn't create adobemuseum.com. If they did it doesn't becuase the whole point of using Flex and ColdFusion for me would have been that they are perfect for web multimedia like the adobemuseum.com. But if big company like Adobe rather choose a different tech to do there show cases with then I start doubting the tech.

    I will most probibly end up using ColdFusion as I like adobe tech  and java which ColdFusion compiles down to, it is just sad that they don't use there own tech to show off and I am not talking about Flex or Flash wich is every where.

    Owainnorth
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    Inspiring
    January 27, 2011

    I wouldn't take using something else as them not thinking CF is suitable, look at these very forums. Adobe could easily have written their own forum software but instead decided to lumber us with this shonky Jive malarkey.

    Many of the sites they are using might well be powered by various suitable CMS's behind the scenes, and not many of these are based on CF; therefore Adobe are stuck using ASP, PHP or whatever.

    If they started using Silverlight I'd completely agree with you and it would look very poor on them, but web technologies are so varied that sometimes CF just isn't the tool of choice, that doesn't make it a bad product.

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