>>Bah I say stand up and be proud ColdFusion is a great platform, CFML is a great language
Adam, You ROCK!! BEST Regards, Gerald the PROUD CFer PS Gawd do I love CF. He more I learn the more I love it. On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > They're rebranding and reorganizing from scratch. It's driven by the > > Marketing > > folks and they want my feedback on what we should use, but the angencies > > talk > > about that there's more, less expensive developers out there with these > > other > > technologies. They're just trying to sell what their staff knows so they > > can > > land the account. I need a list of reputable agencies that use CF and > not > > just > > a CF development house. > > > > > Our company went through a new CIO & CTO, both were very skeptical of > ColdFusion coming in. After working with them showing some of the apps and > the time it took to produce they began to see the value. It also helps that > hey respect me as an individual and see me as technology fan not just a > ColdFusion bigot. Regardless, I clearly explained and went through the real > cost savings the came from what ColdFusion offered us. I did not focus on > CFML or the general CF faster RAD etc talk. I focused on real world > examples > of how we leveraged ColdFusion internally to save money or develope more > application in paralell. I focused in on exact platform features we didn't > need to build and maintain ourselves like JMS integrations, file > manipulation, charting and webservices. As a side note since I love pimpin > the OS side of CFML if you are worried about cost and not utilizing the > platform, checking out alternative CFML engines like Open BlueDragon or > Railo might be an option. > > As for reputable agencies, Kroger and Hasbro come to mind as well as GE and > Bank of America (though if I recall they really don't do greenfield > development with CFML). Not to mention, seemingly, every branch of the > government; you could look through all the different gov't agencies that > use > ColdFusion as well. Ping me off list if you want to talk more about what > I've done in Kroger to help CF flurish, heck I'd even be happy to take some > personal time and talk with executives there if they want to talk to other > companies using CFML. Really at the end of the day in simple terms I > evangilised, spoke up and showed I was proud of platform I use and I did > so > confidently without hesitation. So many times I see folks so proud to be a > CF developer but then around others like Java devs or CIO types they cower > in a corner overshadowed by thier "superiors." Bah I say stand up and be > proud ColdFusion is a great platform, CFML is a great language . Oh and if > all else fails Kroger is hiring send me a resume (seriosuly anyone > interested send me a resume, Mid-Senior preferably) ;) > > Adam! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:308576 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
