The person who is deciding on the platform will usually have their own biases. It's very difficult to persuade people to go away from their own favorite platform, but it is possible if you can make a case based on saving a lot of money on development costs, while also mitigating the perceived negatives of ColdFusion.
-- Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dakota Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:55 AM Subject: Re: ColdFusion Consultant as a Java Consultant? > Wow ... thanks for the enlightenment Dave. I know CF programs aren't > "written" in Java, but they can be run on J2EE servers, where other > previously programmed Java/JSP apps may be running. > Perhaps a better question would have been to ask whether any of you CF > Pros > have persuaded someone looking to build their new web app with JSP on a > J2EE > server ... to instead use ColdFusion ... either as a deployable container > ala "Railo", or Adobe CF8 Enterprise. > ~ Dakota > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > For those of you CF developers >> > that deploy your apps to J2EE Servers >> > (or servlet containers, as is the case >> > with Tomcat), have you been successful >> > in situations where the employer >> > wanted a Java Developer, and after >> > talking to you with your CF skillset, >> > felt comfortable they were serving their >> > need for a Java Developer? >> >> If you can competently write programs in Java, you are a Java developer. >> CF >> programs are not written in Java. If anyone here can answer your >> question >> in the affirmative, the employer in question does not understand what >> Java >> development is. >> >> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:313086 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
