I really this this horse is dead, and has been dead for a while. The truth is that if you go to a Cadillac dealer with $15,000 they tell me to go to another dealership.
Billy Cox wrote: > Why could you not provide the license free or at reduced price and pad the > cost into other invoice items? When I buy stuff on the web, I am a sucker > for free shipping - knowing that it's not really free. > > If a client balks at buying a server license, why not sell them a dedicated > hosting plan with CF support so that the cost is spread out over months? You > have to take advantage of the fact that most people can't do basic math. > > When I visit a car dealership, the salesman might *like* to sell me a Shelby > Mustang, but if I only have $15,000 to spend he will not let me leave the > car lot without trying to sell me a used Ford Focus. > > The point I'm getting to is that this has nothing to do with Adobe's > pricing, and it has everything to do with salesmanship. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Adobe Nails ColdFusion Cofin > > > I just want to get Adobe to drop the price. It's a hard sell to some clients > and we've lost some opportunities because of it. I'll always continue to use > CF as my mainstay, but also learning .net is not a bad thing... And whenever > we have lost a site it's always been to .net technology. > > For what it's worth I've always been, and still am a CF advocate. But the > reality is it's a business market and it's doesn't hurt to have alternative > options to give your clients. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285051 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
