I have come to the conclusion that many people are transferring risk. Having been around when an institution decided to spend half a million dollars on a system that was essentially a SQL database with a web interface and no interoperability with other enterprise software -- I can tell you you that the decidin factor was "But they have 24-hour support and an SLA."
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It begs the question why shops are moving from CF to Java. The last shop I > saw that move done in, the move cost millions of dollars and the end result > was a system with less functionality than the previous system that took > three times as long to change and had license fees in the hundreds of > thousands of dollars rather than the tens of thousands of dollars. The only > logical conclusion I can come up with is that the people making the > purchasing decisions have their own interests at heart, and their interests, > for whatever reason, dictate purchasing expensive commercial systems. > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Phillip B wrote: > >> >> Thats what is happening to me. They are removing CF as fast as they can and >> training one guy to do Java. They don't have plans for me. So I'm thinking >> about Java but I don't know enough about how it works or where to start. I'm >> in a small town and the closet CF job is hundreds of miles away. >> >> Phil >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
