Well said Dave, another thing that is often overlooked is the Administration/Management interface and capabilities of ColdFusion.
Kind Regards - Mike Brunt, CTO Webapper Blog http://www.webapper.net Web site http://www.webapper.com Downey CA Office 562.243.6255 AIM - webappermb Web Application Specialists -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Re: MM Pricing Problem on CFMX for J2EE > Those prices are pretty hefty in comparison to .NET. > With .NET you need only one server too. I believe > win2k is around $1100 and advanced at 3k. Makes me > wonder if MM is trying to compete at all. I don't think that's a fair comparison. First of all, Macromedia doesn't have an OS franchies from which they can borrow money to become profitable. CF has to sell for what it's worth. Second, CF doesn't require Windows, which is a pretty big deal to some people. Also, I'm not sure I understand what you mean about needing more than one server. You only have to buy CFMX Enterprise to build CF applications - or you might even be able to get away with CFMX Professional, which is pretty cheap. If you want all the J2EE services, well then you'll need a J2EE server in addition. But most people don't need or want all that, I suspect. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
