Although I prefer open source software, it's true that most of the time it's harder to use an open source version that a "paid for" equivalent. Coldfusion is easier to setup than PHP, Photoshop or Word are more user friendly than Gimp or OpenOffice and so on.
Open source software is free but you're kind of expected to make more efforts to use it - i.e. read the doc, search Google. Once you are used to it though, it's just as good as the paid equivalents. -- Laurent Cozic Flash, Flex and Web Application development http://pogopixels.com --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Jeffry Houser <j...@farcryfly.com> wrote: From: Jeffry Houser <j...@farcryfly.com> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 4:29 PM It's easy to get things done / setup if you already know what you're doing. But, lets compare apples to apples here. It seems logical to me that someone wanting to install CF would start at Adobe.com , and from there could easily find and download the installers. I chose, Products ColdFusion, and download Free Trial. Login and I can either download the developer edition or the trial edition; with various options for language and/or OS. The CF install process is relatively painless across operating systems and across web servers. I have no doubt Adobe (Macromedia / Allaire) has devoted time to making that easy over the years. I doubt the download / install can be done in 10 minutes, but it is a relatively painless process. On the other hand, if I go to PHP.com (oops, I mean PHP.net ) I click the download link in the nav bar it gives me 6 options for Windows Binaries, I have 6 options of 5.2.8 for Windows. I have no idea which one is the I need; but none of them are labeled WAMP installer. What would make me, as a PHP newbie, go looking for an installer from a 3rd party? What if I don't want to install Apache or MySQL? Amy wrote: --- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, Jeffry Houser <j...@...> wrote: I prefer CF because it is what I know. Since it comes from Adobe it's integration w/ Flex is top notch. After 2 days of trying, I gave up trying to get PHP to work on my dev machine; so I'm amused by the claim it can be setup w/ minimal fuss. I wonder how 10 minutes to find and install WAMP stacks up against the time to order Coldfusion, get it, and install it...? -- Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur Adobe Community Expert: http://tinyurl. com/684b5h http://www.twitter. com/reboog711 | Phone: 203-379-0773 -- Easy to use Interface Components for Flex Developers http://www.flextras .com?c=104 -- http://www.theflexs how.com http://www.jeffryho user.com -- Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust
