There's never any real pupose in these threads other than to bash one or the other. If you don't know anything other than CF, you're limiting your options. Job security just does not exist much anymore, which is why it's important to know more than CF.
My own story is that I couldn't do something I wanted to accomplish by using CF, at least in a stable way (due to poor interop with COM). I learned ASP.NET to accomplish the task. I stayed with it because there was just more opportunity for me to get a better paying job. Now I have one, supporting ASP.NET and IIS for enterprise customers. Stock, bonuses, free health care, and massive career growth potential are more important to me than convincing someone that CF or .NET is a better solution. - Matt Small ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:53 PM Subject: Re: CF vs. .NET presentations? > Indeed, we are an global Microsoft house and we use ColdFusion, and ASP, > and > ..NET.. We don't care to be honest.. Whatever fits. > > > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of > the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please > note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or > call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within > this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Kitta > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Sat Sep 30 17:05:55 2006 > Subject: RE: CF vs. .NET presentations? > > Teddy, > > Maybe we can take this thread and make it more useful by showing strengths > of both technologies, how they can interact, how we can produce better > websites etc. At least this would make the conversation more mailing list > administrator friendly (I think). > > TK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Teddy Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 September 2006 16:11 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF vs. .NET presentations? > > This CF vs. .Net presentation mailing thread has been in active > contribution > most of the past week. I have seen heated debates and acknowledgements on > both sides. > > In essence, what is the result for this thread? Are people trying to > argue > that one technology is a silver bullet for a solution over the other? > This > seems rather fruitless in the end. > > Whether you are an advanced user or a beginning user, there should be an > emphasis on growth. You are only as valuable as your ability to adapt > and > problem solve. It behooves any developer to expand his/her knowledge on > various technologies. > > The more solution sets that you can become familiar with, the more that > you > can truly evaluate a solution for the best course of action. If a client > said, "I have a purely Microsoft environment," then it would make sense to > offer a Microsoft solution now wouldn't it? If you have diverse network > environment, you will want a a diverse solution. You can offer a > BlueDragon > solution and/or an Adobe solution. > > Even if you are a salary employee, you should always be thinking that you > are a paid consultant. Think objectively and find the best course of > action. If you can seperate your bias and use your objectivity, you may > find avenues that were not there before. > > Do not fear change, embrace it. This goes for a CF and a .Net developer. > Let's stop pointing out differences and point out how we can work together > or how similar we actually are. > > Enough cliches for one post. > > Have a good weekend all, > Teddy > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
