We can also hearken back to the old article Ben Forta wrote in regards to ASP being free (this can relate to .NET and PHP). Keep in mind, this article is several years old (I believe he wrote it when CF5 was the current version). Ben estimated, that through either cost of development time or cost of purchasing modules to "upgrade" ASP's functionality, to get ASP up to the same functional level as CF is right out of the box, it would cost over $36,000. I wonder what that cost breakdown would be today between CF8 features and J2EE servers without CF, .NET, and PHP? While the initial cost may be cheaper or free, the actual cost is more than likely going to be a lot greater (I would include the cost of training as well and the time costs required for gaining proficiency in the respective languages). I bet the results would show that .Net and PHP are not so cost effective.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Adobe Nails ColdFusion Cofin On 7/31/07, John Mason wrote: ..... > JBoss Enterprise 4,500 Hey, here's an apple! > Another point for the Adobe people, I remember when the standard/enterprise > started and there was a lot complaining back then. With the price gap > getting wider, maybe it's time for a third version, let's call it a > "Business" version. That provides some of the least costly new features and > provides a bridge (or stepping stone) from standard to enterprise. I think > that would solve a lot of issues with this and take almost nothing for Adobe > to do. Excellent post, and idea! I love the places that are like, "well, what do you do? How much money do you make? Etc., etc." and then have the price-swaying power to work with you. Compromise, in some cases, and just plain "helping a brother out", in others. Probably hell on the accountants, and whatnot, and you got X complaining that Y got Z for AA, or whatever. Still, I've seen it work (and IIRC, with CF, back in the day). Eh. Great post tho, thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
