That's just plain silly. You really think that Adobe is going to make billions selling CFB? Not a chance.
Think about it. $300 for a tool you are likely to use every day, 47-50 weeks a year? Even if you are hyper conservative in your calculations it would still only take you a few months to pay itself off. And once it's paid off it's improving your profitability month after month. I may have my issues with how Adobe handles CF, but price point certainly isn't one of them. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Dave Long <d...@northgoods.com> wrote: > > I do appreciate the assistance I have received from members of this group > but overpriced goods squeeze the cynicism out of my pores. > > It seems defenders of Adobe's pricing like to compare the cost of CFB to > tools used by carpenters, plumbers and mechanics. However, that comparison > is invalid because there is only a small reduction of manufacturing costs > as > volume of real world tool sales increases. Margin does not necessarily > increase as more units are sold. > > This is not true of software which, once developed, has only minute costs > involved as more copies are sold. Margin increases rapidly and thus the > software could be priced at one half the price and sales might double with > margin remaining intact, increasing at a slower rate perhaps but increasing > none the less. Oh well, they were told at Harvard that "greed is good!" > Bill > Gates set the standard and they all want to be him at the expense of their > customers. Why settle for being millionaires when you can soak your > customers and be billionaires. > > Another factor in Adobe's pricing is to discourage entry as much as > possible. This approach has been used by AutoDesk since the 1990s and > prevents a lot of architect wannabees carpenters from designing the > buildings they build. With CFNL as simple as it is, every high school > senior > in the country might be jumping into data driven design. > > Perhaps the folks at Adobe even want to kill it off, judging by the price > charged for their Enterprise version. > > Time to learn PHP, I guess. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:15 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: why is cf_builder so expensive? > > > > > > > It would be nice if unicorns shit rainbows too. > > > > > > Well, you can get unicorn meat:) > > > http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/e5a7/ > > > > I don't know. Look at where those rainbows are in the meat chart. > > I think I covered that in my initial statement. I always choose my words > carefully. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, > and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our > training centers, online, or onsite > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:341465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
