> > All the evidence we can gather points to the fact that Allaire, > > Macromedia and now Adobe are profitable with the ColdFusion pricing > > model exactly as it stands. So, there's very little motivation to > > address their marketing approach. If they were losing money on > > ColdFusion, I think you'd see them either doing more marketing, or > > dropping the product line entirely. > > If they are making good money on it, and it's mostly from the > enterprise sector, wouldn't it make sense to let the > educational institutions have it for free? This way > enterprise would have a better pool of talent, and are more > likely to get CF/stick with CF in the coming years. > > Look everyone has to make sacrifices in order to be > competitive. MS released SQL Express in response to MYSQL > and PostgreSQL. Oracle released Oracle Lite. Even though > this might've caused a hit for their sales of SQL Server > standard and workgroup, they are probably getting more sales > for SQL Server Enterprise, and less people moving to free platforms.
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