Many have already commented on the CFDJ announcement this weekend, and every post I have read has correctly seen this for what it is - sour grapes. I am going to be very careful with what I say about this one, but I will point out that A) I stopped writing my regular column for them several years ago, B) their reaction to Adobe opting not to sponsor specific SYS-CON publications and events was incredibly immature and unprofessional. While CFDJ started life with the best of intentions, it has failed to deliver on these for the longest time. Fortunately, the demise of CFDJ leaves no real ColdFusion information void as we've not been relying on them as a source of authoritative information for many years now. Between the Adobe ColdFusion Developer Center, all of the ColdFusion bloggers (as well as those aggregated by Goog and MXNA), and of course community sites like House Of Fusion (including their Fusion Authority Quarterly Update), there is plenty to read and learn, without having to contend with obnoxious and irrelevant ad placement, embedded in-your-face paid video placement, poorly managed subscriptions and circulation, receiving multiple copies of publications that were never requested, endless spam, and worse. So, goodbye CFDJ, we'll not be missing you at all.
I noticed that they reinstated my two articles and my author profile - after removing them per my request after I said I wanted no relationship with their trashy excuse for a magazine. So they've gone back on their word there as well.
http://www.horwith.com/index.cfm/2007/9/9/cfdj-end...
Just on 'addition'. The editorial Board was not informed in any way, so the lack of communication does not stop at Simon. :-) A few other members on the board have posted about it too.
I'm unclear on the specific support that Adobe was giving sys-con, but if I were in Adobe's situation, I would have been demanding changes too.
"If I were in Adobe's situation, I would have been demanding changes or pulling my support too"
Wow... money talks I guess
But that's nothing compared to that @%&$#! video advertisement they put on all their pages at the top. Right in your face, over and over. I completely stopped going there at all.
It was definitely one of the most interesting and relevant publication in IT field especially for ColdFusion developers.
It raises the question whether Adobe is committed to supporting ColdFusion development in future as it stated when it acquired Macromedia. We at AIG switching to .Net. It was up in the air for
a while but this development with CFDJ was indication to the upper
management that ColdFusion is not going to be supported in future.
Adios.
It was definitely one of the most interesting and relevant publication in IT field especially for ColdFusion developers.
It raises the question whether Adobe is committed to supporting ColdFusion development in future as it stated when it acquired Macromedia. We at AIG switching to .Net. It was up in the air for
a while but this development with CFDJ was indication to the upper
management that ColdFusion is not going to be supported in future.
Adios.
It is sad to see that the upper management take that attitude. We disagree on the relevance of CFDJ, though. It was slowly becoming less and less relevant.
I suggest you show the upper management a copy of Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. It is very high quality and does the community justice.
Unfortunately the people that are responsible for it's death are most likely not the people that actually cared about the product. This wouldn't be the first time the business model stifled the creative engine.