just to jump in and stir the pot ;) one of the things that I like most about the latest versions of CF is that you can deploy a war file to a J2EE platform and completely skip the need for a CF license for the client. Now that there are even instructions kicking around on how to get this going with tomcat (which is free) it's even better.
Of course it makes life a little annoying for regular updates but if you've finished a site and are just handing it over it's perfect. DISCLAIMER: I'm yet to actually play with this so there could well be horrific problems with it - but the idea is cool ;) cheers, Toby. Tuesday, September 2, 2003, 4:16:18 PM, you wrote: >> If your clients are small enough where the cost of CF is prohibitive it >> may be likely that the cost of managing an Intranet is also prohibitive >> (although they may be doing it anyway and have never done a cost >> analysis). >> ML> I'll agree with that, but certainly the use of certain software e.g. CF ML> could be what tips the scale. If that is the case, then a cheaper ML> implementation of CFML (BlueDragon) can certainly help in that regard. >> Many hosting companies are hosting their Intranet at "public" hosts for >> this reason. There are some hosts that do nothing but traditional >> Intranet applications along with email (Exchange hosting, for example, >> is pretty common due to the cost and complexity of managing an Exchange >> server). >> ML> That may be, but there are serious issues with outsourcing internal IT ML> resources externally that many of these companies may not be aware of. ML> One example of this is that their WAN connection becomes a single point ML> of failure. Then of course there are legality issues related to giving ML> non-employees access to sensitive data that aren't under specific ML> consulting agreements, which is the case when your email is hosted by a ML> 3rd party. >> No, consider an Intranet with is planned to contain, let's say, six >> distinct applications (not at all uncommon). My case now is that each >> of these applications only has to save two hours of development time >> due >> to CF for it to be just as cost effective as a "free" solution. >> ML> Of course, the case with BlueDragon would only need to save one hour ML> per application. ML> Matt Liotta ML> President & CEO ML> Montara Software, Inc. ML> http://www.MontaraSoftware.com ML> (888) 408-0900 x901 ML> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
