The biggest gripe that I hear about ColdFusion from *sssooo* many people is product cost. At $1,299 for standard and $5,999 for the enterprise, its a steep barrier to entry compared to PHP and ASP/ASP.Net (as free alternatives). And yes, I've read all of the posts and counterpoints to the *free* software vs.ColdFusion debate (including Ben Forta's analysis) so it's not even worth mentioning. Perception is what's hurting ColdFusion, not functionality.
I went through this same process when I developed in PowerBuilder. It came out and revolutionized the way Windows-based client/server apps were built. It had a strong run of about 5 years until MS brought Visual Basic up to par and offerred VB at cut rate prices, essentially cutting off PowerBuilder at the knees. I'm seeing many similarities with this and the ColdFusion product line. I think BlueDragon is a good alternative and luckily, their standard version is free but I'm wondering if it may be too little, too late. Rey..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| The annual ColdFusion User Conference is being held Sat 6/26 - Sun 6/27/04 8am-5pm in the Washington DC Area. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=44 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:181993 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
