+1000000000000000000000 -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Blatchley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:10 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CF8 Sticker Shock
Monitoring Tools.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:56 PM Subject: Re: CF8 Sticker Shock > Why were you looking at enterprise instead of standard? > > --Ben Doom > > Matthew Blatchley wrote: >> I started to talk to our higher ups about getting an Enterprise edition >> of >> CF8, and then I looked at the price. >> >> We've got CF, PHP, and .NET developers here and now I've been trumped >> because of the price of CF8....they'll never go for a application server >> that costs almost 8k. >> >> Anyone else finding that they can't compete in such a competitive >> development market with a price tag like that or is it just us? >> >> The new features rock no doubt, but telling a manager that they have to >> pay >> that much, they simply laughed in my face. Now I have to go and face the >> other developers knowing full well that they now have the upper hand with >> the management because it "costs" them less. And sure, you can talk all >> you >> want to about faster development and better security blah blah blah, but >> a >> manager isn't going to buy it because the price is too steep. >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239659 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
