Adam Berrey

In 1523 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro conquered the Inca army and captured the emperor, Atahuallapa, effectively securing the conquest of the entire Inca Empire in a single battle. Remarkably, Pizzaro won the battle with a ragtag team of 168 Spanish soldiers on foreign soil against the 80,000-man Inca army. Pizzaro's astounding victory wasn't the result of a particularly strong military strategy (or moral character). He was able to overcome enormous numerical odds with a superior technology platform. In his case the technologies were domesticated horses, steel weapons and guns. Pizzaro's victory underscores the awesome advantage created by new and better technology platforms. While Allaire isn't planning to equip a new wave of conquistadors, we are putting together a new technology platform that will give ColdFusion developers a distinct advantage over the ... (more)