> Here's something that pops out of my head upon reading your post.
> Years ago where's ColdFusion Express (free)... naturally functionally
> not in par with commercial version... But I thought if one (independent
> developers / cf shops etc.) uses such a free platform and negotiate a
> price for additional tag/features (say, like today's CFPDF, CFIMAGE
> etc.) with CF company like Adobe, then, it really creates win-win
> situation for all. Adobe can sell heavy-duty CF package to the big
> spenders as it does now while it does not alietnate the 'little guys'
> (an integral part of the CF development community) and provides
> considerable value to them. This approach/model would seem to
> generate more revenue for CF company/companies but no I haven't run
> some detailed number crunch...
Given the recent roadmap that Adobe published for CF in their marketing
kit, I suspect they may be planning to separate some of the features in
a few years when version 11 or so is released. I.e. you would buy CF but
then you wouldn't be paying for PDF generation unless you're using it,
because the PDF features would be in a supplemental product... and it
would make similar or alternative products from other vendors more
feasible. At this point it's all guesswork though because they're not
really allowed to say more about their plans, just that they're planning
to provide a "pluggable architecture" in that version.
--
s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch
isn't it time for a change?
ph: 781.769.0723
http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog
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