> Rapid development isn't as important as you think, not to a customer. They > want something done using a technology they have heard of. > > I have seen it time and time again. When you make a bid to a customer > quoting a CF site that it done faster and cheaper, vs. a .NET site that > takes longer and costs more, the customer will get the .NET site, or Java. > > Why, because they have heard of them, major companies at the front of > development technologies are supporting them. > > Allaire, Macromedia, Adobe, not names that make a company think > development > technology. When people hear Macromedia they thing Flash, when people hear > adobe they think Acrobat. > > We lost bids for that very reason, that was the driving force that caused > my > old company to go away from CF. > > When we started selling pre-packaged apps, the same thing came up. We can > sell it with .NET for $500, all they need is a windows server. Or we could > sell it for $1,700 with CF Server. Often companies wouldn't want to put CF > Server onto their .NET server. > > CF is a great language, but Rapid Development is nowhere near the top of > my > list of important things when picking a language. >
You are right, but that is an unfortunate result of the nature of business, and the overall ignorance of the "consumer". If as a developer, you determine without bias that Cold Fusion really would be the best and most cost efficient tool for the job, the customer may still pick something else. Not much you can do about that. All you can do is an honest analysis of the project and the tool best suited for it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194086 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
