Dave, Yep, we do indeed have white papers that explain this properly. It is not a CF vs. .NET vs. J2EE debate, it is .NET vs. J2EE, and if you go the J2EE route than CF adds a productivity layer on top of J2EE. CF to J2EE is kinda like ASP.NET to .NET. Kinda.
--- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 11:19 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFMX Development Speed On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:02:41 +0800, James Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is the exact wording of various parts of the September 2002 > paper, "Application Development Skill and Technology Trends": > September 2002?!!! That's like 1950 in non-IT years! Seriously, now that I know the publication date, I can't really even entirely fault the analyst. Back in 2002 (remember, this is pre-MX), ColdFusion was not built on standards-compliant technologies like J2EE (well, I guess C++ is technically standardized, but it was a proprietary server application), so I can see how they might have come to their conclusion. As I noted previously, Macromedia really let it loose PR-wise with the MX release (which was their first release of CF -- Allaire did CF 5). I would say that if the paper were written now, the conclusions would be entirely different -- even from Gartner. In fact, I seem to remember some Gartner reports specifically citing ColdFusion MX as a development platform of choice, though I don't have those links handy. Regards, Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:196559 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
