Here's another viewpoint to throw into the pile. Just because MORE businesses aren't using ColdFusion, doesn't mean that businesses aren't using MORE ColdFusion. The product can continue to grow without adding new customers.
At my last job, when I started working there we had 4 CF developers and 3 CF 7 production servers. A little over a year later we had the same 4 CF developers, but 15 CF 8 production servers. Adobe got to sell 12 more CF8 licenses, plus the 3 original upgrades, and there was not 1 new developer or new customer added to their list. They got to see roughly 5x the revenue from one customer, with no marketing or promotional expense (to us) on their end. Not a bad deal for Adobe, eh? I wish my customers would do that. :) Thanks, Eric Cobb ECAR Technologies, LLC http://www.ecartech.com http://www.cfgears.com On 1/13/2011 8:27 PM, Michael Grant wrote: >> You really believe they're not "grow[ing] the product" with all of those >> advances and investment and effort?? >> > I know for me the issue isn't that they aren't growing the product. The > product just keeps getting better. It's that they aren't growing the user > base enough. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
