will say three of them,
and not one of them have CF server they will not buy it and they say they
will never buy it. So when I say it is up to the client, "It is up to the
client." These companies have plenty of money to buy CF server they refuse
to use it. We have showed them CF server and the benies you get from using
it. But they still say NO!
So we have educated the client about CF server, but for the industry we work
in, 9 out of 10 will not use CF server over ASP.
I would prefer them to use it. Now with .NET coming in full force I no
longer have the itch to tell them about CF server.
When done in ASP 3 or .NET, they have people in house to maintain the
application after development which is the key thing for their IT
department.
We have only had one client purchase CF server.
So I can only speak about what I have seen and I have seen only one buy CF
server because we showed them how they can benefit from its use.
Shawn Regan
Head Applications Developer
pacifictechnologysolutions
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:23 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Dot.net stuff
> From: Shawn Regan
>
> Well, this is not fully true. Some clients do not own CF
> server but they have a windows server that already has IIS
> which in turn already has ASP. 9 out of 10 clients will
> prefer to us ASP since they do not have to purchase another
> server to handle the website you design in CF. And if they do
> not have IIS or do not want to use ASP they will go for other
> server side software like PERL, PHP etc. that is free or
> cheaper than CF server.
This REALLY depends on the company - so many companies DO NOT have their
own server, and if they do, then they've usually got their own
"in-house" team to develop stuff
We host all of the sites we build, and anybody who gets a server that
we're building stuff for, then they go on our recommendations
I'm with Pablo on the speed issue - if we're building a site which will
take 2 months to build in CF, and 4 to build in ASP, then where does
that "free" get you?
> Nothing to laugh here. Smart business is always saving money
> and they will do it.
2 words - "False Economy"
We've got a client that won't pay for an Authorize.net account, but
they're willing for one of their girls to do the credit card
transactions by phone...
So, they're saving the money for the setup, but then paying for the
phone call, the girl's time, the delay in their clients getting their
goods/services
Access is cheaper than SQL Server and Oracle, but would you run your
site on it?
A Pentium 1 is cheaper than a dual processor Pentium IV, but would you
run your server on that? How about a 386 - that's even cheaper!
Hey, why not run the server on a 56k dial-up - it's cheaper than hosting
costs!
I know I'm getting silly here, but saying that you go for the "free"
option can be a self-defeating argument
You might save in the "short" term, but in the longer term, it can make
a BIG difference
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