Macromedia is attempting to make life easier for developers of Web services and Web applications. The company is shipping ColdFusion MX 6.1, an upgrade of its scripting environment that features runtime improvements of as much as 172 percent over ColdFusion 5, the company said. Also boosted in the product is dynamic email generation, enabling users to deliver messages more than 50 times faster than in previous releases, according to Macromedia. Previously codenamed “Red Sky,” version 6.1 also offers easier admini-stration, increased backward compatability, improved installation and con-figuration tools and updated support for Windows, Solaris and Linux. ColdFusion MX Standard 6.1 costs $1,299 per server, with upgrades from ColdFusion 4.5 and 5 priced at $649 per server. Technology Industry