Re: FN-FORUM: Coldfusion hosting

date posted 17th January 2007 15:23

Just joined so catching the tail-end of this.

Myspace was implemented using fusebox 3 methodology. Although their code
is written in CFML (Coldfusion Markup) they actually run on top of
BlueDragon.Net with SQL2005 db servers.

They used to run on Adobe/Macromedia/Allaire CF, however BD offered them
a cheaper option and to compile CFML to native .Net
BD sell BD.net as a way to migrate away from CF to .Net however I know a
number of companies that have gone that way, only to leave CF
development in place purely because it's just about the fastest
development environment around.

I am of course biased. I've been using CF for over 7 years now :)

What I would point out though with Myspace is the "I kept on crashing
into trees driving a Ford, so I'm switching to a Honda" mentality. The
site is only as good as the code base. The technology wouldn't have made
much difference. However CF is probably allowing them to add more
features a lot quicker.

Some of the above may be slightly inaccurate. (They may be on FB4 by now)

Anyway Hi
Adam

Dave Cross wrote:
> Quoting Tom Miller [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> [ on cold fusion ]
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>> Other people still use it too - heard of MySpace.com? ;)
>>
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> Well I suppose that demonstrates that it scales :-)
>
> But most people I've spoken to cite MySpace as an example of a site
> which is fantastically successful _despite_ the way the site is
> implemented - not because of it.
>
> Dave...
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