He made a well argumented comment, don't shoot him immediately for it. Management here said exactly the same as he did :)
What he meant is that competition in that part of the market is so high, it is virtually impossible to compete. Besides the .NET shares, the PHP share in the lower end market is really high. PHP started as a simple language, but evolved into a stable and robust language with the same capabilities as it's competitors. And once you have worked with PHP the unique selling point of ColdFusion "development speed" doesn't matter, because you can develop as fast in PHP as in ColdFusion :) What will matter, is the level of functionality you can give developers to compete with. Featuresets of competitors are pretty huge these days, and ColdFusion has some things others don't have, but the same thing counts for those competitors. You might ask yourself the question, what am I going to respond to a customer saying "Why would I pay for ColdFusion if I can get A, B, or C for free?". Only in specific cases you can throw it on ColdFusion specific functionality, but even then boxing up against free publicity marketed languages is very hard for an Account Manager. Just to clear things up :) I know this issue pops up regularly, but it isn't something you have to put away beneath the soil. I think it needs attention, but that attention is expensive, and requires strong product strategy. :) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Modern Media, Making You Interact Smarter. Onze oplossingen verbeteren de interactie met uw doelgroep. Wilt u meer omzet, lagere kosten of een beter service niveau? Voor meer informatie zie www.modernmedia.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- -----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 7 februari 2005 18:17 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX 7 feature breakdown Matt Wisdom wrote: > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/productinfo/product_editio ns/ > > It's quite clear from the breakdown of features that MM has written off the > "standard" edition market. I think you should read EVERYTHING on that page, particular the paragraph about Standard before making a ridiculous statement like that: "ColdFusion MX 7 Standard is the solution for delivering a powerful website or application on a single server. It features all the RAD development capabilities of ColdFusion, powerful new features such as PDF and FlashPaper document generation, rich flash forms, structured business reporting, and more-all in an easy-to-manage configuration that is ideal for small to medium-sized businesses." - Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:193546 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
