simple. You have a client, they say they want a forum and point you at PHPBB as an example stating that it is FREE (don't reply saying PHPBB is not FREE, it's just an example, I forget if this is the free one). So what can oyu offer them. Only 1 free cf forum that I know of, and it looks pretty kack. Offer them the pricy and also kack Fusetalk, or charge them several grand to write one for them. Of cours ethey are gonna say, us ethe PHP forum then.
Lots of cleint sonly have a small budget and cannot afford to pay for everything to be custom written, we have to cater for these type sof customers. And usually the only way to do so is to resort to using readily available apps/scripts in other lanaguages. The various comments that have been made here about may be true, but the cleint really isn't going to give a hoot about such things are they. Russ -----Original Message----- From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 August 2005 14:34 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Studio 8 announced I don't understand why so many people go looking for free scripts and stuff in CF. If CF is touted as a rapid development language, doesn't that mean you should be able to write it yourself? I hear comments all the time that come across as people being lazy or people being cheap, but you never know people's situations. The whole point of the community is to bring people together who are different. Everyone just deal with it and quit complaining. As for the comments about not buying t-shirts, what the heck did that have to do with anything? I personally am not a fan of the shirts that were made and wouldn't put them in the category of "Cool coldfusion gear" in my opinion, but it's a start. I applaud Will for starting something and giving it a try. That's the beauty of the community is that everyone can do what they want, when they want. Yeah, support eachother when you feel the need, but if you don't want to, that's fine too. It's just like a living community...not everyone is involved in the same ways and not everyone wants to spend all their time in the community. It's nice to see eachother and help eachother every once in a while, but most of the time, I prefer to venture abroad. Anyway, this whole argument is kinda silly so I'll let everyone get back to work. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:214769 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
