>I respect your opinion, but I can't agree with disregarding .NET >entirely. I mean after all, you would be on .NET right now if it wasn't >for CFMX. (and a lot of people have CFMX running on Windows) IMO j2ee is >a much more robust architecture, but .NET has some strengths & and adds >tight integration across all MS technology. With the amount of >MCSE/MCADs out there, j2EE will have a tough fight over the coming >years, as these MCSE/MCADs aren't going to be recommending a new foreign >technology to companies that already employ MS solutions. >But I guess the bottom line is... CF used to be the cheapest fastest way >to develop. However right now, I could be underbid by a .NET house just >on server price, and all the "J2ee is the de facto" talk in the world, >isn't going to mean much to clients who have been with MS for years. >
One observation that seems to be missing from all these "price" arguments is the development time associated with using each technology. The cost and time of development, to me, is far more important than the cost of a server license. If I have to pay $1000 more for a server license to get a production-quality application delivered in half the time, I'll do it without a second thought. The savings in development fees and time is more than worth it to me. >My point IS that it IS CFMX vs .NET. And I care about both. As numerous people have said before me, there's going to be two camps when all is said and done: Java and .NET, not CFMX and .NET. CFMX is just a tag-based means to generating Java code. I think it's a mis-statement to pit MX directly against .NET, as I don't think there's really a competition there. I go back to my comment above. If I can use a tag-based language to generate an application that will run on the major J2EE servers, I'm going to use it because I know it's going to save me time, which translates into much bigger saving for me than an additional $1000 license. Regards, Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
