This is real simple. Coldfusion's strength is not it's power, even though it
powerful, but it's speed and ease of development.
A good java programmer can whip out a networked java app in the same time we
can whip together the same app in CF, but good java programmers get paid a
lot more too.
That should enable you to undercut their prices by quite a bit. Especially
when comparing to a custom java application.
Quite simply, the _potential_ power of a custom java application is far
greater than anything CF can deliver.
Your competitors are not cheating, they are leveraging more powerful
technoligies. Time to learn to us a bigger gun if you hope to win on the
same battlefield.
I am really surprised about the lack of buzz for Neo among CF developers,
which will help level the battlefield somewhat and IIRC it is slated for
release later this year.
jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher P. Maher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: Extending legacy systems through Java
> As CF developers we often run into competing technologies and find
ourselves
> in need of reasons why a CF system is at least as good if not better.
There
> have been lots of threads here and on CF-Talk comparing CF to other web
> development technologies. Rather than ASP or PHP, I have concerns about
> other technologies.
>
> I have recently run into companies that are putting legacy applications on
> the web through Java clients. This is a real competitive concern for me as
> most companies in my target market (insurance) already have back end
> systems. If they can easily put these applications on the Internet for
their
> agents, then it makes what I do (a "real" HTML output system built with
CF)
> potentially irrelevant.
>
> The two particular products I know about are:
>
> Tarantella http://www.tarantella.com
> J Walk Java Client by SEAGULL http://www.seagullsw.com/
>
> The SUN website has an article about extending legacy systems in this
manner
> which is - obviously - rather positive.
> http://java.sun.com/features/1999/08/unshackled1.html
>
> Apart from feeling like my competitors are "cheating" by using such
> approaches, I would love to have a better understanding of these
approaches
> and some ammunition for why they are not as good of a solution as a CF
> system.
>
> The particular context for these systems is use by the company's agents.
So
> the fact that the general public will never download the necessary plugin
> isn't a good argument.
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> Chris
>
> ------------------------------------
> Christopher P. Maher
> Maher Associates, Inc.
> Actuarial and Computer Consulting
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.maherassociates.com
>
>
>
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