>From what I'm reading Barry - your argument comes down to one simple question -
If RonR can pretty much do everything CF can do, and it's free - why would a company pay the extra dollars? Would the be correct? Mark On 8/31/06, Barry Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Barry, I was talking about the frameworks, not Ruby vs CFML - and I > > think there's been plenty of responses on this thread that include > > things CF can do that RoR cannot (esp. Java based and all that > > entails - I take it that QUT aren't a J2EE house). > > we will be well on the way by next year, thanx to the introduction of > Blackboard but we'll be using Java and JSP to hook into the Bb API. > All but a couple of CF servers will left to fester away, waiting to be > put out of their misery. Of the remaining ones, I'm hard pressed to > get enough reasons to upgrade to CF7. > > > But if you're > > looking for me or anyone else to come up with a RoR is a dud and CF > > is god's own because of X, it's not going to happen. If you can live > > with the constraints of RoR or CF, then at the end of the day a > > skilled development team will make more difference than the platform > > you choose. > > we've already started to blow away the JSP/Java cobwebs to support > this change. But what you're saying is that there is no compelling > reason to use CF. If we wanted RAD, then RonR is just as legit.... and > cheaper! > > > I'm personally curious to see how you go as a RoR developer - > > nah, I don't like the syntax. I don't like PHP for the same reasons. > If I have to spend days typing stuff out I might as well enjoy it. > > > I think this discussion would have a bit more meat too it if a current RoR > > developer were involved. > > from this end the discussion points are being driven from a staff > CF'er now converted to RonR. did you see Sean Corfields blog post that > touched on this a while back? and the response of former CF'ers now > using RonR? Sure, your right. the stuff is just a hammer. But we also > know that developers don't always make the platform choices for > projects. > > I give up. I'll shut up now. I must be the only person on-list that > thinks RubyOnRails could make a serious dent to CF's market share. and > that the current feature set - for the price and compared to other > platforms - could do a lot more to entice projects to buy into CF. > -- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.compoundtheory.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
