interestingly enough, CF is spreading inside my company. other app dev teams are being modeled after the one I am on due to our great success. Of course we are a phone company, always a little behind the world, LOL!
Doug On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:46:41 -0400, April Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Funny I have been waiting for this conversation for a while now. I've been > developing ColdFusion apps since 1998 as well, and every year it seems > harder to justify the costs, there are a lot alternative technologies now. > For me personally it has been a motivation to move some of my eggs into > another basket. I just can't be a die hard, I know too many die-hard COBOL > programmers, trying real hard to find those jobs. > > I'm certainly not an expert on any of this, just something I've been > thinking about myself for a while, very happy to see it being discussed by > others. > > April > > -----Original Message----- > From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:04 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF developer numbers > > Beta was a superior format to VHS > > Amiga was a superior multimedia PC compared to PC-Clones or even Macs > > Apple's OS is more user friendly than Windows. > > Being better functionality wise doesn't guarantee market penetration or even > survival. > > Just something to think about... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rey Bango > Date: 10/20/04 9:37 am > To: CF-Talk > Subj: Re: CF developer numbers > > The biggest gripe that I hear about ColdFusion from *sssooo* many people is > product cost. At $1,299 for standard and $5,999 for the enterprise, its a > steep barrier to entry compared to PHP and ASP/ASP.Net (as free > alternatives). And yes, I've read all of the posts and counterpoints to the > *free* software vs.ColdFusion debate (including Ben Forta's analysis) so > it's not even worth mentioning. Perception is what's hurting ColdFusion, not > functionality. > > I went through this same process when I developed in PowerBuilder. It came > out and revolutionized the way Windows-based client/server apps were built. > It had a strong run of about 5 years until MS brought Visual Basic up to par > and offerred VB at cut rate prices, essentially cutting off PowerBuilder at > the knees. I'm seeing many similarities with this and the ColdFusion product > line. > > I think BlueDragon is a good alternative and luckily, their standard version > is free but I'm wondering if it may be too little, too late. > > Rey..... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182047 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
