We take a trip down memory lane to some old PBS shows and transition to GVSU’s choice to put ColdFusion out to pasture. We look at the positives and negatives to alternatives for them.

• Ken remembers the PBS Zoom intro song (1999 version)
  • Zoom intro (1976)
• Daniel remembers PBS 3-2-1 Contact
• GVSU is changing away from ColdFusion to PHP
  • What frameworks?
• How do we migrate everything over?
• Can GVSU build a custom form builder in some 3rd party CMS?
  • WordPress Gravityforms
• It’s hard to recruit developers in ColdFusion
• Where to host? Locally or cloud?
• Conference options
• Decline in students
• Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education (book)