Yep. I’m the “Linux” guy. The anti-Microsoft basher that you get tired of hearing. But I can’t help it. Open-source is here to stay I think and we all need to get used to it – and this includes the CFML community!
The CFML world has long had a closed mindset and I still don’t think most of the community realizes what a revolutionary shift this is for us all. We’ve long been sitting under the Allaire/Macromedia/Adobe umbrella and drinking the Kool Aid…
I admit the beginnings were a bit rocky – but I think that was to be expected. To be honest even I wasn’t sure if open source CFML was going to ‘stick’. Adobe has a really big umbrella! But lately though I think open source CFML is gaining traction and is here to stay.
I think both organizations now have some well respected names associated with them to lead the way:
OpenBD has Matt Woodward (Mach-II) who I think is an OS zealot like myself and will be a great resource and speaker for OpenBD.
Last week we learned (on April Fools Day!) that Mark Drew (of CFEclipse fame) was joining the UK Railo team as CEO and today we learn that Peter Bell is joining the US Railo team!
Whoa!
No longer are these merely fancy product titles floating around behind an open source idealogy. Now we have some big community members throwing their support behind the concepts! And I know these people will not let these products wither and die. They are all passionate people who have the best in mind for CFML and I’m so excited to come along for the ride!
There is actually quite a lot of open source CFML out there. If you’re talking about the engine (like you refer to in your blog entry), well that’s different. There’s Smith, OpenDB, and Railo (which is quite a lot).
But to get back to your topic title (about CFML):
* Check out RIAForge (http://riaforge.org) – currently 500 open source CF projects (I’m sure a few are vaporware, but you get the idea).
* Brian Rinaldi also lists other open source CF projects (mostly larger OS projects that aren’t listed on RIAForge) http://www.remotesynthesis.com/cfopensourcelist/
* SourceForge boasts hundreds of open source CF projects
You can find many more on Google.
LOL. Excellent point Jeff! I was indeed talking about the CFML engines.
You know I’ve never looked at SourceForge for CF projects!! (making a note to do that tonight!)