Dave, I think it is very fair. As it's a reality. CFMX is in direct competition with .NET everyday. Sure it maybe unfair that MS can leverage cheaper prices, but it's the bottom line.
By two servers I mean CFMX run on Windows, or j2EE, or Linux. .Net is just Windows. It's cheaper to implement. I have a hard enough time trying to preach J2EE to companies that have been with MS for years. This price difference sure isn't helping any. Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 5:23 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
