Start stressing the Java side of Neo. There are enough Java buzzwords to confuse any manager :) SOAP integration is a good buzzword, useless imho, but a great buzzword. Your applications wont be shackled to Microsoft if it becomes desirable to switch to Linux. CF programmers are cheaper too. That ought to get their attention :) Not to mention those Visual Studio licenses...
Sign up for the Neo beta... jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: News Links? > Okay, I need some help now folks. > > I work in a combo CF/ASP shop that, like most every place else, is run > by people who read the tech sector news and watch client responses. We > used to be a FoxPro shop then when the web got popular they added CF web > interface and then later moved to SQL server and now have added ASP. > > I just got told, in no uncertian terms, that if I want to see our > copmany continue to develop in CF that I need to beat the .Net hype > going on everywhere. My boss is the type that knows and understands > technology, and I really feel like he's begging for a reason to continue > to use CF (as opposed to issuing an ultimatum). > > The two things that he said are a problem are the cost of buying a > second server package and the fact that there has been 0 leakage or even > baseless hype about Neo or CF 5 in the media. He had not even heard > about Neo until I mentioned it to him, and I didn't have enough facts on > hand to adequately explain what it is. > > Oh, as a side-consequence I was told that I could go to CF_North, but > only if I wanted to pay for it myself... at least for the moment :/ > > HAYULP!!!!! > Hatton > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
