Not so much outlive anything but going back to topic. count number of sales reps/evangelisers for CF in Australia count number of sales reps/evanglisers for Microsoft/ ASP.NET in Australia
Simple.. make a call to noth and see who turns up on your doorstep first pluggin their wares. I LOVE CF but Macromedia need to plan on Total Global Coverge, besides.. I recon a few Macromeedies from London wouldnt mind spending a stint in Oz ;) MD On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:59:43 -0500, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wouldnt using the words "safety" and "microsoft" in the same sentence and > have a direct meaning to one another be slanderous statement? makes me wanna > barfffffff > > thats funny, the perception that is. > and thats the exact route i would take to fight it. > running it on a windows server pretty much puts a target on your back, > wouldnt it be "safer" to run cfm on a linux server? Not to mention their > constant "updating" woes. > > and then before u mentioned something about not knowing if what ur proposing > will even be around in a few yrs. > > u mean like m$ did with asp? and im sure will do again with .net > > coldfusion was here before asp (if i recall correctly) and it still here now > & it will be here tomorrow, i wouldnt put a mexican peso on .net out living > cfm. im sure the next version will be called ".shortNet" haha > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Micha Schopman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:45:49 +0100 > > >I'll post the results here once we're done. I guess our issues are > >exactly the same as with any other company selling ColdFusion, customers > >choose the safety of the brand "Microsoft" instead of using their brains > >and comparing the results with the costs. That's how it works > >unfortunately, it is easier for a manager to explain his manager he has > >failed with a Microsoft project than it is with a ColdFusion project > >(sounds ridiculous does it?). Then ofcourse we have the sales team, > >aware of ColdFusion as a product but knowing the "M" name saves their > >sales pitch, and knowing the "M" name enables them to raise prices. :) > >.. > > > >Micha Schopman > >Software Engineer > > > >Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 AL Amersfoort > >Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 > >KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184573 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
