I think if you judge 'competition' on what's most important... sales. Then VS has its work cut out for it. Cuz I don't know anyone (including myself) who paid for VS (outside of MSDN). But DWMX was a massive financial success for MM during a stale economy.
And last I checked, VS has _no_ CF support. Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: RE: DWMX 2004 - Whats new for us? > In the end, I think having an IDE that welcomes other developers > is an > excellent R&D opportunity as well. If MM knows what ASP and PHP coders > are doing, what their tools offer, etc. it gives them better > insight on > how to keep CF competitive - or one step ahead as is the current > situation. In regards to .NET, DW is a steaming pile of crap compared to VS.NET. They're not even in the same league. Mind you, DW is way cheaper than VS.NET :) But, I'd still buy VS.NET over DW any day of the week. The Professional version is a little bit more than DW, and it contains interactive debugging, a fully featured database front end, great help, intellisense, a better code editor, and the higher editions have design tools that DW will probably _never_ have. Or, I can get VS.NET standard for < $100, which is far, far cheaper than DW. Or heck, I can get Primal Code for $249, I can then code in .NET, php, and CF, and a whole bunch of other languages. Or, I can get Eclipse for free, and do what I want with it. Point being: MM has a heck of a lot (and I mean a LOT) of work to do with DW before it becomes a serious contender in the IDE market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
