Good points but there is still a huge difference between the ownership implications of .NET and Java IMHO.
Kind Regards - Mike Brunt Original Message ----------------------- Java is owned by Sun Microsystems Incorporated. There is a community process in place that recommends changes to Java, but the final authority rests with Sun. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark A. Kruger - CFG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:53 pm Subject: RE: RE: CF or .net? > Mike, > > While it's true that Java is not owned by anyone it does suffer from > institutional infighting and proprietary vendor issues. I'm a > little tepid > on that item. I agree with everything else however. > > -mk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Brunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:27 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: RE: CF or .net? > > > Eric, here are some of the things I see on my travels, I hope they > help (I > am assuming CFMX here). > > ColdFusion is native operating system agnostic .NET is not. To me > and many > of our clients, this is very important. > > It is still significantly quicker to code in ColdFusion than other web > application languages. > > ColdFusion has an optional well developed and widely used application > architecture/framework called Fusebox. (I said optional so the > flaming is > not too intense ;o) > > The core of ColdFusion is written in Java. It is not clear as yet > wherethis might take CF but Java is not owned by anyone .NET is. > > You can run ColdFusion as an application server in Java containers > such as > Websphere, Weblogic etc. > Those are what I can think of at present, hth. > > Kind Regards - Mike Brunt > Original Message ----------------------- > Actually I am looking for some fair comparisons of the two > products (CF and > .net) to present to our group. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean A Corfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:41 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF or .net? > > > On Friday, Jun 20, 2003, at 08:07 US/Pacific, Josh Remus wrote: > > On top of that fact, if Macromedia does not have reduced pricing for > > you, > > BlueDragon would be free as long as you don't need to deploy it > on a > > J2EE > > server. > > And as long as you don't need: > - cfexecute > - cfobject > - cfwddx > > See New Atlanta's website for more information about what is not > included in the free server edition: > > http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/product_info/ > cfml_tag_support.cfm > > You'd also want to read their compatibility guide closely... > > Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
