"While it is true, that the CF Developer licensing does allow for each developer to run a CF server locally without paying a license fee, the time spent by the IT department setting up and supporting 50+ websites (plus our backend/admin software) on each developer machine does come at a cost."
Maybe I'm crazy, but if a developer doesn't know how to install ColdFusion, or install a web server, than they aren't a web developer. (And they can learn to this in one hour.) I have _never_ seen an org where IT was responsible for setting up base installs like that. That would be like IT installing Chrome for you. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Michael Christensen <mich...@strib.dk>wrote: > > First of, let me thank all of you for your (quite lively) inputs. > > The discussion did spiral a bit out of control in a GIT vs SVN tussle, but > I understand and can respect that people have strong opinions as to which > systems they prefer. > > I also wholeheartedly agree, that there are certain advantages to be > gained by each developer having a working copy of the code on their local > machines. > I would, however, contest the absoluteness of this as the only way to go. > > While it is true, that the CF Developer licensing does allow for each > developer to run a CF server locally without paying a license fee, the time > spent by the IT department setting up and supporting 50+ websites (plus our > backend/admin software) on each developer machine does come at a cost. > Add in the cost of additional licenses for 3rd party components (like > ImageGlue or ISAPI rewrite for example) and the cost of being able to run > code locally can add up quite quickly. > > > -- =========================================================================== Raymond Camden, Adobe Developer Evangelist Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com Blog : www.raymondcamden.com Twitter: cfjedimaster ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:354178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
