There's a much larger developer base for LAMP. I'd consider that a factor in selecting the environment - probably even in selecting the developer if a developer insists on using a particular environment.
If I were the customer I'd try to do my best to get a feel for the environment that the developer is proposing. They may foresee dropping your company (or at least they should keep it in the back of their minds as a possibility) and then finding someone to continue site development or maintenance may become an issue. While there are plenty of CF shops out there, going with LAMP gives them a lot more options. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: CF vs LAMP > We have a client that is trying to decide whether to go with my company > or > another company. We are a CF/MS SQL shop, and the other company does > LAMP > development (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl). > > I was wondering if anyone on this list can give some ideas of the pros > and > cons of using CF/MS SQL vs LAMP. > > I know for a fact that perl code is harder to read and maintain, and > that's > it's probably slower since it's interpreted every time instead of > pre-compiled as CF is. I know MS SQL has more features (such as stored > procs) that MySQL lacks. > > What other pros does CF/MySQL have over LAMP that might sway a potential > client? Personally, except for the fact that LAMP is free, I don't see > any > advantages of it at all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:208141 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
