Funny I have been waiting for this conversation for a while now. I've been developing ColdFusion apps since 1998 as well, and every year it seems harder to justify the costs, there are a lot alternative technologies now. For me personally it has been a motivation to move some of my eggs into another basket. I just can't be a die hard, I know too many die-hard COBOL programmers, trying real hard to find those jobs.
I'm certainly not an expert on any of this, just something I've been thinking about myself for a while, very happy to see it being discussed by others. April -----Original Message----- From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF developer numbers Beta was a superior format to VHS Amiga was a superior multimedia PC compared to PC-Clones or even Macs Apple's OS is more user friendly than Windows. Being better functionality wise doesn't guarantee market penetration or even survival. Just something to think about... -----Original Message----- From: Rey Bango Date: 10/20/04 9:37 am To: CF-Talk Subj: Re: CF developer numbers 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..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182046 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
