IBM is previewing the upcoming release of DB2, codenamed Stinger. This release boast significant speed enhancements, self-tuning databases, the ability to write stored procedures in .NET languages, Java type-4 drivers included, improved mirroring and redundancy features, a new DB2 Express aimed at...
Interested in the history (and pre-history) of Flash? Check out Jon's story at http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/.
We have publicly stated that ColdFusion "Blackstone" will provide a way to generate printable output. I first mentioned this at MAX 2003, and both Tim Buntel and I have publicly demonstrated PDF generation prototypes as well. But we have made no public statement about the planned print formats, and...
I have been running a poll on my site for a couple of months now, asking users how they develop their applications (on a live production server, on a shared development server, developers running the free developer edition locally, or on a separate development instance on a production server). With...
In March 2004, NPD Research, the parent company of MediaMetrix, conducted a study to determine what percentage of Web browsers have Macromedia Flash installed. The results of this survey are now online at http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/. Lots of stats available,...
DRK7 is available, see http://www.macromedia.com/software/drk/productinfo/product_overview/volume7/. This edition includes content for ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, Flash, and more.
I receive several questions a week about locking, and the need for in ColdFusion MX, and so I thought it worthwhile to post a reply that I just sent to a user ... Locking in ColdFusion, and the tag specifically, has two primary uses, and these must be distinguished. The first use of has nothing to...
How special. Lots of products and vendors have been avoiding the GIF format for years because of the Unisys LZW patents. Some sites, like gnu.org, do not use GIF in principal (see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html). Now Forgent has filed suit against 31 companies (including Macromedia)...
My "Certified ColdFusion MX Developer Study Guide" (http://www.forta.com/books/0321180585/) is now available in Japanese (published locally by Softbank Publishing, see http://store.sbpnet.jp/bm_detail.asp?sku=4797326654).
Looks like I'll be extending the Summer 2004 User Group Tour to include venues in Europe. More details to follow.