ColdFusion Timeline
The "Rabbit Hole" that I traveled down today was putting together a timeline of historic ColdFusion events courtesy of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
02.__.1995 J.J. Allaire begins work developing a product to link databases with Web sites.
05.__.1995 J.J. and Jeremy Allaire form the Allaire Corportation and commence operations
07.10.1995 Cold Fusion 1.0 application development tool is launched by Allaire for Windows NT and Windows 95 using DBML (DataBase Markup Language)
02.01.1996 Allaire was incorporated in Minnesota
02.06.1996 Allaire released Cold Fusion Professional 1.5 for Windows NT and 95 systems at $495 per server
09.__.1996 Allaire moves headquarters from Minneapolis, MN to Cambridge, MA
11.__.1996 Allaire ships Cold Fusion Pro 2.0
03.__.1997 Allaire acquired Homesite through the purchase of Bradbury Software
04.25.1997 Allaire was reincorporated in Delaware
07.01.1997 Allaire ships Cold Fusion 3.0 which introduces Custom tags
11.__.1997 Allaire ships Cold Fusion Server 3.1, HomeSite 3.0, and ColdFusion Studio
11.02.1998 Allaire ships ColdFusion 4.0 (space eliminated) & HomeSite 4.0
12.08.1998 Allaire announces Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX)
06.15.1999 Allaire announces acquisition of Live Software maker of JRun
06.22.1999 Allaire announces ColdFusion Express
07.21.1999 Allaire releases Spectra
08.__.1999 Allaire released ColdFusion 4.5 with first true full debugger
10.24.1999 - 10.26.1999 First Annual Developer Conference at Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Boston, MA
11.15.1999 Allaire releases HomeSite 4.5
11.06.2000 - 11.08?.2000 Allaire's Second Annual Developer Conference in Washington, DC
11.06.2000 Allaire releases Spectra 1.5 at Allaire's Second Annual Developer Conference
03.20.2001 Allaire merges with Macromedia
06.11.2001 Macromedia released ColdFusion 5.0 introducing UDFs
10.21.2001 - 10.24.2001 DevCon 2001 at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL
10.23.2001 Macromedia ColdFusion 5 UltraDev 4 Studio released
01.07.2002 ColdFusion 5 Developer Edition is made available
05.29.2002 Macromedia released ColdFusion MX (6.0) (codename "Neo") and DreamWeaver MX completely redesigned on the Java platform
07.28.2002 Macromedia releases Contribute 2
10.27.2002 - 10.30.2002 Macromedia DevCon 2002 at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL
12.03.2002 Macromedia releases Contribute 1
08.05.2003 Macromedia released ColdFusion MX 6.1 (codename "Red Sky")
09.10.2003 Macromedia releases DreamWeaver MX 2004
11.17.2003 Macromedia applies for membership in ECMA International
11.18.2003 - 11.21.2003 Max 2003 in Salt Lake City, UT
03.29.2004 Flex 1.0 released
11.01.2004 - 11.04.2004 Max 2004 in New Orleans, LA
11.01.2004 Contribute 3 released at Max 2004 conference
11.02.2004 Flex 1.5 ships at Max 2004 conference
02.07.2005 Macromedia released ColdFusion MX 7 (codename "Blackstone")
06.06.2005 Macromedia joins Eclipse Foundation
09.13.2005 Macromedia DreamWeaver Studio 8 Released
10.16.2005 - 10.19.2005 Max 2005 in Anaheim, CA
12.05.2005 Adobe completes acquisition of Macromedia
10.23.2006 - 10.26.2006 MAX 2006 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, NV
07.30.2007 ColdFusion 8 (codename "Scorpio") (MX dropped from name) released by Adobe
09.30.2007 - 10.03.2007 MAX 2007 in Chicago, IL
08.04.2009 ColdFusion 8.0.1 release by Adobe
10.04.2009 - 10.07.2009 MAX 2009 in Los Angeles, CA
10.05.2009 ColdFusion 9 (codename "Centaur") released by Adobe at MAX 2009 Conference
11.16.2008 - 11.19.2009 MAX 2008 in San Francisco, CA
03.22.2010 ColdFusion Builder released by Adobe
07.13.2010 ColdFusion 9.0.1 released by Adobe
10.23.2010 - 10.27.2010 MAX 2010 in Los Angeles, CA
??.??.2011 ColdFusion Builder 2.0 (codename "Storm") released
10.01.2011 - 10.5.2011 MAX 2011 in Los Angeles, CA
Please add a comment below if you have any corrections, updates, or additions for the timeline.
Comments
- John Dowdell
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Thanks, Ed... appreciate your work in building the horizontal overview!
jd/adobe
- January 3, 2011, 8:46 PM
- Jose Galdamez
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You forgot to list the first Internet troll post declaring ColdFusion to be "dead" :)
- January 4, 2011, 5:09 PM
- Jose Galdamez
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You forgot to list the first Internet troll post declaring ColdFusion to be "dead" :)
- January 11, 2011, 10:35 AM