Tom Horn wrote:
>
> MicroSoft is a vast superior marketing company
>
> They get all the government contracts because MS products are on the
> approved vendors lists -- but Allaire products aren't
>
> Which means we can't do CF work for the military, or the Federal government,
> or state governments, or ....
> >
Not entirely true, Tom. I work for state government. We recently had a
fantastic opportunity to get CF in the door with our upcoming portal
site and, hence, with dozens of other agencies and departments who will
follow suit. I sent out notices of our RFP to CF-Talk. I sent private
messages to some of the larger firms. I begged for development firms to
just show up at the mandatory vendor's conference. All they had to do
was send a secretary to sign the roster, and they would have been
eligible to submit a proposal, but no one bothered. There are a number
of state agencies scattered around the country that use CF, but not one
state portal. Could it be because no CF firms are competing for this
business? Total development costs on our portal, over the next few
years, will certainly run in the high six figures. With all of the other
projects that will spin off of it, the total will be in the millions.
Then, there are the local development firms that would find it necessary
to get, at least, a nodding acquaintance with CF, so they could vie for
these jobs. As it is, all these ASP shops will tool up for the coming
JSP projects.
The problem is not entirely with Allaire. The development community
tends to have its own favored practices, as well. Opportunity knocks,
then it just goes away.
Sorry to sound like I'm bitching, but I have resigned on account of my
agency's refusal to even consider Cold Fusion. They will have a Lotus
Notes/JSP/JAVA environment, and they don't have a single person with any
knowledge of any of these technologies, except Notes. The state portal
will go JSP, because the folks who did the research for the RFP loved
the term "wrappering" and think JAVA is the answer to all their prayers.
Plus, they love BIG IRON. They've been shoveling money to IBM for thirty
years. It's worth noting that they invited several vendors to come in
and make presentations to help them figure out which technologies they
needed to target, before they issued the RFP. Any surprise that Allaire
was not among them?
--John
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