Now Ben, Matt asked what the partner program meant to us..... to me it was
nfr products to play with and ability to attend special events..... I didn't
mean to suggest that Matt didn't know the facts and I hope he didn't take it
that way.... Or is ben still playing with mind?
-george
>From: "Benjamin S. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Be Part of the ColdFusion 5.0 Launch!
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:34:04 -0400
>
>I think he was asking for your response to these benefits. I'm sure he
>knows
>what services, products and discounts Allaire partners are eligible for. :)
>What he probably needs to know is what you thought of all that. Perhaps
>even
>make a few suggestions for improvements?
>
>I can't comment on what it was like to be an Allaire partner, but I can
>comment on why we didn't become partners. I've worked for two companies who
>made use of Allaire products. In both cases, we were contacted repeatedly
>by
>Allaire asking us to become partners. In every situation, it was my
>suggestion that we shouldn't bother as it seemed that we would be jumping
>through hoops for a lack luster title, that it was more a bragging right
>for
>Allaire to have a lot of partners than it was a benefit for us to be a
>partner. After all, our clients have never heard of Allaire or ColdFusion,
>much less if we were Allaire partners.
>
>As for the benefits, only two or three Allaire products interest us. I
>mean,
>yeah it might be nice to receive a copy of Kawa or JRun and if I had the
>time to waste, I might even install them and play with them. But really,
>all
>we care about is ColdFusion and Studio. As far as the product discounts go,
>I've heard that partners no longer get the generous discounts that they
>used
>to.
>
>Now, if partners got a substantial discount on products that would help us
>deploy more ColdFusion servers or sell ColdFusion hosting for less (or make
>more off of it), then we would give more consideration to joining. As is,
>becoming an Allaire partner will (seemingly) only get us a couple copies of
>software that we'll actually use. That would help us deploy one more server
>and one more developer workstation. That's an alright proposition, but all
>things being equal, we're just going to take the path of least resistance
>and just keep doing what we're doing.
>
>Benjamin S. Rogers
>Web Developer, c4.net
>Voice: (508) 240-0051
>Fax: (508) 240-0057
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Kaytor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:45 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Be Part of the ColdFusion 5.0 Launch!
>
>
>Basically as an allaire partner, you received a nfr version of every
>product
>they made. This allowed you to evaluate their products, and to devlop /
>train on their products without having to purchase a fully licensed
>product.
>In addition, alliare sponsored events for partners, such as the current
>road
>show with ben forta.
>
>-george
>
>
> >From: Matt Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: Be Part of the ColdFusion 5.0 Launch!
> >Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:15:38 -0700
> >
> >I know it really sounds callous, but we are working very hard right now
>on
> >the partnership program and how that works with Macromedia and Allaire.
>The
> >MM programs were quite different than the Allaire programs and we are
> >trying to get those normalized and rolled out.
> >
> >Since I am less familiar with the Allaire processes, can you guys tell me
> >how your relationship with Allaire worked? As community manager, I would
> >really like to get your perceptions on how the program worked and what
>you
> >liked and didn't like.
> >
>
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