<RESPONSE OFFICIAL="no"> 1) CF Standard is not priced per CPU, you can use that as you see fit.
2) Before pricing was changed a lot of time was spent researching the boxes that were being used. The vast majority (I don't recall the exact percentage, but it was very high) of CF users have single or dual CPU boxes, which is why the base price covers 2 CPUs (so as to impact the fewest people possible). While price increases are scary (I know I balked when I first heard about it), for the vast majority of users this discussion is academic at best. 3) For CF users upgrading from CFMX Enterprise they are actually getting a lot more for no more money (the equivalent of three products rolled into one, CF, CF/J2EE, and JRun). 4) This is actually a price decrease on CF/J2EE (it is an increase on CF Enterprise though, agreed). 5) Per CPU pricing is the norm in the J2EE world. You do not have to use the J2EE product though (see #1 above). 6) Put yourself in MMs shoes here. The most compelling new feature of CFMX Enterprise is the ability to deploy multiple instances, which means there is a very real likelihood that multiple CF boxes will be replaced with a single more powerful CF box (saving the owner big bucks on both hardware and software costs). In other words, this feature is great for users but could impact CF licenses. There has to be an upside for MM, simple as that. Last I checked we were still macromedia.com and not macromedia.org. </RESPONSE> -----Original Message----- From: John Wilker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: pricing (was Re: Multiple instances of CFMX - licensing) ouch is right! Dang! Talk about paving the road to ASP and PHP in dollar bills. Businesses are going to need to start taking out loans to use CF. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:13 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: pricing (was Re: Multiple instances of CFMX - licensing) You bring up a good point I haven't thought of till now. Previously, CFMX Enterprise was licensed on a per server basis meaning that if you had a 4 CPU box the price was still only 5k. However now, I believe CFMX Enterprise will cost you 12k on a 4 CPU box. Ouch! -Matt On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:03 PM, Stacy Young wrote: > Crap. It's been re-priced at $5999..well...at least that's $1K > cheaper. > > Stace > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stacy Young > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Multiple instances of CFMX - licensing > > Whoa, did this just change? So are u saying that for one machine with > dual CPU we'd be looking at $3499 US for CFMX J2EE? > > Stace > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:36 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Multiple instances of CFMX - licensing > > Licensing is per 2 CPUs. So if you're running it on a dual box, one CF > Enterprise license is sufficient, no matter how many instances you are > running. If you're running it on a quad box, you'd need two licenses > (2x2=4), no matter how many instances. > > Phil > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
