I have no expereince with Blue Dragon, but logically speaking, if CF has all the features that you want and need, and BD is lacking features, why go with the copyt when you can get the original at the same price?
Eric On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:23:49 -0800 Aaron Roberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jordan, > > Thanks for your reply, I am not soliciting feedback from >the folks at > New Atlanta alone. I really value the developer >community's input and > would like to hear from more developers. From a >BlueDragon web hosting > companies perspective, your feedback is very >appreciated. > > I would like to pool the opinions of MM/Adobe ColdFusion >6 & 7 > developers, but I will also subscribe to the BlueDragon >interest list > and get their perspective as well. Our board of >directors are meeting > this Thursday, and I am trying to figure out if I should >propose a new > purchase of CF 7 or BlueDragon 6.2. > > -Aaron > > On 1/17/06, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> Hi Aaron, >> >> I'm not from NewAtlanta, but seeing as my company is a >>BlueDragon >> Certified web host I am quite familiar with their >>software. You might >> consider re-posting this message to the BlueDragon >>mailing list and >> seeing if you don't get a better response. >> >> I've responded to your message in-line below: >> >> Aaron Roberson wrote: >> >> >I have found that BD only supports CFML as it stands >>with CF 6. The >> >price for BlueDragon Server JX is $899, whereas CF 7 >>Personal is >> >$1,299 - but is the costs saved worth sacrificing the >>new feature set >> >in CF 7? >> > >> > >> I suppose this question boils down to the feature set >>that you actually >> plan on using. If you don't plan on using any of the >>additional features >> that are currently available in CF7 and not in BD6.2, >>then why spend the >> additional $400? I don't know about you, but I can think >>of a lot of >> things I could do with a spare $400. In addition, >>BlueDragon comes with >> some features and tags that aren't included in CF7 - >>these features are >> unique to BlueDragon alone. >> >> For a great overview of the differences between BD and >>CF, take a look >> at the BlueDragon compatibility guide available on the >>NewAtlanta web site. >> >> >BD Server JX comes with ServletExec, New Atlanta's J2EE >>from what I >> >understand. This is included in the $899 price. >>However, to run BD on >> >Tomcat, JRun or any other J2EE server the price for a >>2CPU server is >> >$5,999 - that doesn't include the cost of the J2EE >>server. However, CF >> >7 Enterprise comes with JRun for the same price - >>$5,999. Is >> >ServletExec comparable to JRun? If not, why pay $5,999 >>for BD Server >> >J2EE PLUS $899 for JRun when you can buy CF 7 >>Enterprise with JRun >> >included for $5,999? >> > >> > >> I've never used the J2EE version of BD, so I can't be >>much help in this >> area. However, I would imagine that one would not by BD >>J2EE for JRUN. >> Instead, they'd buy it for WebSphere, Tomcat, or some >>other J2EE server >> not normally associated with CF. Again, I'd recommend >>posting this >> message to the BlueDragon-interest list and see if you >>don't get better >> answers to this question. >> >> >3 General Questions: >> > >> >1. Does BD Server JX compare to CF 6 Standard or >>Enterprise? >> > >> > >> CF 6 Standard. >> >> >2. Will BD soon include the new CF 7 feature set? >> > >> > >> I know NewAtlanta is working on BD 7, but naturally >>they're keeping the >> details for themselves until things are more concrete. >> >> >3. Is ServletExec comparable to enterprise J2EE >>servers? >> > >> > >> As far as I know, yes. ServletExec is one of >>NewAtlanta's flagship >> products - I'd imagine it'd be roughly comparable to >>most J2EE servers >> available. However, not that this is not my personal >>area of expertise, >> so you might get better information from the BD list or >>by contacting >> someone at NewAtlanta who's familiar with answering >>these types of >> questions. >> >> >I would appreciate whatever feedback you may have and I >>look forward >> >to hearing from someone at New Atlanta. >> > >> >-Aaron >> > >> > >> Hope this helps! >> >> -- >> Warm regards, >> Jordan Michaels >> Vivio Technologies >> http://www.viviotech.net/ >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229835 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
