I've been noticing a strange negligence on Macromedia's behalf when it comes to one of their children. And that child is ColdFusion. Is it scandalous, or absolutely nothin?
Now because this is a public survey I can mention something else curious. On the odd "beta application survey" that I've taken - ColdFusion is usually left out of the server software and languages that I use. PHP, ASP.NET, Java etc... they're all there. CFML? Usually not. I have to enter it in as my server or language of choice manually into the "Other" section. why? On Macromedia's own survey? Should I not be using their own language, the language of my favorite company? Am I really an "other" developer?*
Secondly, ColdFusion - like my name "deHaan" - is spelled incorrectly all the time. Now I expect that of those who don't know me. I'll accept DeHaan, Detlaan, and all the other names people attribute to me (unless they print it in a book and don't even bother to check beforehand on amazon or my site or something, which kinda irks me off a little). However, Macromedia mispelling ColdFusion is like my parents spelling my name wrong. It shouldn't happen. And yet it does -- right on the Macromedia blogs and at times in their documentation.
ColdFusion is one word, big "C" big "F". Just like deHaan is one word, small "d" big "H". Poor ColdFusion, its own parents spelling its name wrong.
*recently I took one where CFMX was mentioned, which is good. the prior survey that was almost identical didn't have it though.
Posted by jen on October 26, 2003 at 11:25 AM