I don't really see an implication for CF. You seem to be looking at this as if more PHP has to mean less CF - and that's not necessarily so. The market for dynamic pages is simply (I think) expanding - there's room for more than a few successful players.
However like others have said the total number of sites using this or that really doesn't matter much to the market. PHP is wildly popular, but has yet to make a dent in the business side of the world: exactly where a pay tool like CF lives. In short PHP seems to be popular in exactly the area that CF isn't (and won't be). I do think that PHP will begin to makes strides in that area soon, but still that doesn't have to mean dreadful things for CF. I think in the end you'll simply see both tools gain popularity. PHP mostly because of the cost of entry and CF mostly because of the cost of development vrs other enterprise tool sets. Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:12 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF usage growing or shrinking? (was DWMX 2004 - Whats new for > us? ) > > Doug White wrote: > > > One thing has not changed as far as PHP vs. CF > > > > 1. CF and especially CFMX is MUCH faster than PHP > > > > Additionally, while PHP is open source, and CF is not - when one > considers > the > > total cost of development, CF will come out ahead. Faster development > time, > > reusable code, supported platforms and pure speed will keep CF in > competition. > > > These points may be 100% true, but neither addresses the simple > observation > that PHP usage will soon eclipse that of CF. And what the implications of > this > will be for CF. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
