Matt, Ouch, I don't like that grid one bit. It is designed to show what Enterprise has over Standard, but makes it look like nothing was added to Standard in CFMX7, which is definitely not the case.
--- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Matt Wisdom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: CFMX 7 feature breakdown Take a look at the feature breakdown in this marketing piece -- every single feature listed is in the enterprise other than CFML support, OS support, and basic DB support. If I'm not mistaken, I have CFML support in MX already. No need to upgrade the standard version (unless you have a killer need for some of the features not listed there). http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/productinfo/product_editions/ It's quite clear from the breakdown of features that MM has written off the "standard" edition market. I'd love to know the sales figures behind this decision, but my guess is that the lower-end customer base has been dramatically eroded by PHP and the "free" .net bundled with Windows Server. I assume that the main CF customers remaining are the corporate customers that have too much invested to switch or that can realize enough savings on developer salaries to pay the higher dollars for enterprise. >From this, I would expect a dramatic drop in the sales of upgrades from Standard edition customers, and ultimately, a continued decline in the developer base for CF as those customers move away from CF. Perhaps MM's plan is to migrate enterprise features downwards in future versions to alleviate this problem. We'll see, but going "higher end" when your customer base and market share are eroding typically accelerates the decline into obscurity. Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:193480 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
