Ok, what this means for my company and for Macromedia is...
According to the FAQ, we can purchase Pro or Enterprise to host our own
applications and be within the license. So our companies bottom line is not
really affected as far as development goes.
However, I do not see us continuing to offer CF as a standard feature of our
hosting packages. At least for version 5. I predict there will be quite a
few hosts that provide CF 4.5 as part of a hosting package for a long time,
and if they offer CF5 shared hosting at all it will be at a premium. We
will upgrade to CF5, but not for all of our servers, and probably never will
upgrade a couple past 4.5. The costs are astronomical to offer CF as a
standard feature anymore.
Who got hurt? The little guy looking for CF5 shared hosting. The development
companies are safe. Perhaps the bigger hosters are safe too, with volume
discounts and all.
I got started in CF because my web host offered it as a standard feature, so
I played around with it, and a couple of years later here I am a CF
developer. It seems sad to me that a lot of new guys wont get the chance I
did. As a web host puts up new servers, CF will be slowly phased out. Either
we buy a license for 4.5 or pay through the nose for CF5. Why bother? Maybe
1 out of every 20 of our current sites use CF. Most people cant even figure
out FrontPage ;-)
Macromedia in one fell swoop, just cut a whole lot of little guys out.
Perhaps what Macromedia is really trying to do is sell more copies of pro
and enterprise. It is now more cost effective to rent a server or colocate
and put CF on it yourself. Still cutting out the new guys though :-(
jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Whatcott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 6:10 PM
Subject: Hosting Service Provider Edition Clarification
> Yesterday we sent an email to Macromedia ColdFusion hosting partners
> regarding the new Hosting Service Provider Edition of ColdFusion Server 5
> that was cross-posted to this list. The information in the email was
> unclear, which caused some confusion about ColdFusion Server 5 pricing and
> licensing policies in general. On behalf of the team, first I want to
> apologize for any confusion caused by the email.
>
> ColdFusion Server 5 is a very exciting release. The focus has been on
> building features that developers have been requesting for years. You'll
> find support for user defined functions, incremental page output,
charting,
> a new administrator, and major performance increases among other cool
> features. At the same time that we've been building enhancements, we've
been
> very focused on quality, and so far, the feedback in the beta program has
> been very positive.
>
> With the exception of the Hosting Service Provider Edition, we're not
> changing the basic licensing policies or pricing. As a merged company,
we're
> focused on the needs of ColdFusion developers more than ever. Macromedia
is
> deeply committed to the ColdFusion community and the vision behind
> ColdFusion Server, and we're making a significant investment in the
product.
> We understand that having high quality hosting options is important to
> developers, and one of our focuses for this release is to expand the
number
> of service providers participating in our hosting partner program.
>
> When we announce formally on Monday, there will be a lot more information
> available about the new release on our Web site. To help clarify the
Hosting
> Service Provider Edition policies, we've posted an FAQ about the new
edition
> at:
>
> http://www.allaire.com/products/coldfusion/cf5hostingfaq.html
>
> If you have more questions or concerns about this new edition, please feel
> free to drop me a note. I'm looking forward to your feedback on ColdFusion
> Server 5!
>
> Jeff Whatcott
> Director, ColdFusion Product Marketing
> Macromedia
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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