> I would think one reason is the cost of the CFServer. Every person I've > talked to that is outside of the CF development world tells me the reason > they never got into ColdFusion or don't get into it is because of the cost. > Although I really enjoy CF, PHP and MySQL are basically free. It's very > difficult to convince someone to switch from paying nothing to having to > dump thousand into just owning the license.
For starters it's not thousands for the standard edition. This arguement is easily won when you tell the client you can cut development and future maintenace costs significantly by using CF (being that you can do the same work in less code). If you need the Enterprise edition then you're looking at a pricey project to start with and this cost saving will only help you make the sale in that case. Then having to pay for the pipe > and servers on top of the CFlicense costs. Umm....you pay this anyways...last I checked PHP and ASP still required a pipe and a web server ;-) Although we are all aware of the > numerous ways to cut the costs like leasing the license, it still deters > people for making the jump. Just my experience when I work with ASP, PHP, > and JSP folks. The competition is too much for MM when the competitors > products are free, even with the capability issues that the others don't > offer. See above....money talks ;-) Most CF apps do not require a standalone box to run on so the cost of CF Server doesn't even factor in. If the project is large enough in scale to need a standalone box, there are manu dedicated packages that will allow ya to lease the DB and server software which keeps the monthly and upfront costs low while still giving the benefit in lower development costs....seems like a pretty damn good deal to me ;-) Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com> This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. > http://www.cfhosting.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
