As a CF developer for many years, I often feel as if I work twice as hard selling my services to a potential small-biz client, than the closest PHP developer. Not only am I selling myself, I also *have to* sell CF.
>From my potential client's perspective, they really don't care much on how easy it would be for me, the CF developer, to code their project. They do care about (1) how much it will cost them on top of my fee; (2) how easy it would be to find help in case I am not available. We CF developers and zealots, of course, could make all the justification in the world to make the case of the points above in favor of CF. That is not the problem. The problem is that, why do I, the CF developer, need to keep on selling the advantages of CF to my clients. Shouldn't Adobe work twice as hard to reach out to the small businesses, so developers like me don't have to sell it (or at least make my selling efforts as easy as the PHP, .NET or the RoR guy)? > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:10 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: ColdFusion: Some People Just Don't Know Any Better > > >I'm not surprised. The big question continues to be "What can Adobe do > >to promote ColdFusion?" CF gets press on releases, and Adobe has > >actively and aggressively marketed toward the government IT sector for a > >few years now. I just want to see the articles that say "Yeah, we're > >migrating from .Net to ColdFusion. It's just a much more dynamic and > >integrated platform." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298270 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
