Adobe paid for a white paper that analyse and state some good (and hide some obvious, but not pleasant) findings about ColdFusion. It’s a nice paper on the history and features of ColdFusion, but to me, is more of a sad and nostalgic paper about how powerful it could be if different strategic path was adopted by Adobe some time ago (circa CF7-8 era) – but that’s a different (and old) history.
The white paper states:
ColdFusion has remained popular among its loyal users and has continued to attract new developers interested in its unique blend of capabilities