Chris, That is the standard response I get. But a lot of companies run their own servers. And it's the mentality of that new developer that Justin is talking about, it's in their mind that this isn't a free product, thus they pick a free one to learn.
Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Velevitch Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2007 1:13 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Coldfuson is dead - why did no one tell me The developer edition is free! There are a number of hosting companies that support CF so the deployment costs are low. If fact using a hosting company is the better option for small organisations because there's not need to buy the hardware, software and internet connection and someone to manage the system. Ten's thousand versus a couple of hundred's of dollars to setup. Similarly for the running costs. On 5/31/07, Justin Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 31, 10:10 am, Robin Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you mean (a) giving some educational licenses to QANTM for it's > > own use, or (b) giving away commercial licenses to each student? > > > > In the case of (b) you would be asking for almost $200,000 worth of > > software. > > > > So the student thought process goes something like "sure I just spent > > several months learning ColdFusion, but the vendor didn't give me a > > free commercial license so I won't use it"? > > One thing that students or younger developers see - before they even > bother to learn ColdFusion - *is* the dollar signs. It's hard to make > the decision to invest hours and hours in learning and using a > technology which you perceive to be unaffordable or out of reach, > particularly when you see "free" competing platforms such as .NET, > Java, PHP, Ruby, etc. I've been in that position, and I didn't choose > ColdFusion (not until a number of years later). Price is a barrier to > adoption. > > Just my 2c anyway. > > Cheers. > > -- > Justin > http://www.madfellas.com/blog > > > > > -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group m: 0415 469 095 www.flashdev.org.au --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
