BlueDragon have come out with a price comparison http://blog.newatlanta.com/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=AE646136-1572-8D1B-6BB3123E7B8B1DE2
On 8/2/07, Eric Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nope...just good competition that will just improve CF in the long run. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Bonfanti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:17 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Adobe Nails ColdFusion Cofin > > > Larry > > > > Why move at all? I mean, the reason you would upgrade is to get > > features you dont currently have. Saying you will move to another > > engine which .. err.. last time I looked, didnt have those features, > > well, go for it! > > Here's a possible reason: suppose he needs to deploy on JBoss and JDK 1.6? > If he's currently running CFMX7, that configuration isn't supported. This > leaves him two options: BD 7.0 or CF8. If price is important to him and he > doesn't need the new CF8 features that BD 7.0 doesn't support, then BD 7.0 > is a valid choice. > > Or, here's another possibility: what if what he really needs is not just > Java-to-.NET bridging (as provided in CF8), but full integration with > ASP.NET such as the ability to do session sharing? In this case, > BlueDragon.NET 7.0 is the only choice. > > There are many "new" features in CF8 that are already supported by BD 7.0 > (or earlier releases). None of these features are in CFMX7, but can be > found > in both BD 7.0 and CF8: > > - .NET integration > - image processing (CFIMAGE) > - query caching with CFQUERYPARAM > - CFC serialization (J2EE Session scope clustering) > - duplicate() for CFCs > - CFC interfaces > - multi-threaded programming (CFTHREAD) > - per-application mappings > - CFZIP/CFZIPPARAM > - onMissingTemplate event handler for Application.cfc > - Windows Vista / IIS7 support > - Mac OS X Intel support > - JBoss support > - JDK 1.5 and 1.6 support > > Yes, there are features in CF8 that aren't in BD 7.0; there are also > features in BD 7.0 that aren't in CF8. The relevant questions are: which > features do you want, and how much do you want to pay? > > My point is: it's not at all irrational or unreasonable for ATCC or others > to choose BD 7.0 over CF8, if BD 7.0 provides a better combination of > features and price to meet their needs. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:285113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
