> If they are concerned about the developer costs, talk to them > about how fewer developers can achieve more work with > ColdFusion's built-in functionality and how your in-house > staff is already trained in that language and the inner > workings of your company.
The key part of this is the last part. You know the business rules of your company. And, you know CF. If they rewrite applications, you'll either need to be retrained, or they'll need to find new developers. It's easy to find new developers who know PHP or .NET or whatever, not so easy for those developers to absorb your business rules, which are often not documented especially well. It's usually cheaper to stick with the technology you have, than to switch - even if you'd switch to a superior technology. For example, if you were a .NET shop, I'd advise you not to migrate your apps to CF even though CF is superior in my opinion. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308475 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
