It's even cheaper with software maintenance. We simply keep up our maintenance and get the latest version automatically whenever it comes out.
Regardless, the cost of CF Enterprise is peanuts compared to other enterprise software. Ask someone what a full scale Oracle platform costs, but make sure you're sitting down first. mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ 2009/10/7 Ian Skinner <h...@ilsweb.com>: > > David Long wrote: >> There are currently three of us hosting a total of about 120 sites that use >> CF5. (We have sites that don't use CF and I don't actually administer the CF >> server except to add ODBC data sources and an occasional scheduled task.) It >> just isn't practical for us to spend $8,000 every other year on a new >> version of CF. >> >> Should we find it necessary to use new tech to satisfy our clients, our only >> affordable option will be php. The thought of having to learn new code makes >> me grumpy, hence the complaint. >> >> Dave > > As Will said you are quoting new purchase prices, not upgrade prices. > You are also quoting Enterprise prices when you may very well only need > Standard. > > That being said you are also overlooking the other CFML engines that are > now available such as Blue Dragon and Railio. Of course I presume those > alternatives will take longer to support what CF9 features they plan to > incorporate. > > Thus saying PHP is the *only* affordable option is a bit of hyperbole. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326992 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
