> Let's say I have a website I want to cluster on 10 servers. > With CF, that's 10 production licenses at whatever cost you > can find CF at. With .NET, it's zero cost, so there can be > some additional cost savings.
Again, your assumption is that everyone's using Windows. If that's not the case, then you need to factor in the cost of Windows licenses as well as potential server management costs. In addition, you might be able to scale up better with a non-Windows solution (which generally limits you to scaling out rather than up). Finally, the cost of software is typically a small fraction of overall application deployment and maintenance costs anyway. If you save a little bit per programming man-hour, you'll easily pay for whatever you license over a short time. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187419 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
