I could make that argument 3 years ago, but not today. Even with ASP, as far as my regular tasks, the things I did on a daily basis in CF, there was nothing I couldn't do in ASP with the exception of file uploads. And that was solved for far less than the cost of CF.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Why is coldfusion better. > > This is a very good point. You get a ton of extra stuff out of the box > that > you don't get elsewhere. > > Ben Forta a while back did a cost comparison between CF and what it would > cost to build an ASP (there was no .Net yet) server that could do > everything > that CF could and it would have cost like 80,000 US. Hell I couldn't find > it on google, I'd write him, he's uber-helpful. > > Another to look at is BD. You can go either Java, or .Net for > integration, > and still use CFML for what it's good at, the front end of applications, > produced very quickly and professionally. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194130 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54