I would say that you would definitely want to start moving towards the newer platforms. It's not always that you have a specific need for a specific new feature and you can justify the cost in that fashion. It's also where you are increasing your capability and nimbleness in responding to client needs.
Consider that 4.5.2 is a subset of 5 is a subset of 6.1 is a subset of 7. Most everything that you can deliver now, you can deliver exactly the same way with any new version. But then there are the additional capabilities, which can reduce your delivery time. If you are delivering on CF Professional, it becomes even more compelling to move forward (since the cost is much less). 5 introduced UDFs. Which means the really solid library at www.cflib.org is off limits if you haven't moved that far. And while we're at it, how much time can query of queries save in many apps. MX introduced components, webservices, XML, significantly improved regular expression and Unicode support, and the entire Java underlying engine, which means you have easy access to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/ . MX 7 improves on MX's introduced capabilities and delivers cfdocument and cfreport, and introduces the first new version of Verity in the product in at least 6 years. Every one of these items has the capability of speeding your development time or expanding the offerings you can provide your clients. And both of those improve your bottom line and your amount of free time! Note: I know I didn't cover every feature of every release, but I chose highlights I felt were valuable to me and hopefully to others. At any rate, if someone's going to make a living with this stuff, I think it's best to go with the most current sustainable and reasonable choices, especially if they make your life easier and broaden your portfolio of quick deliverables. - Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cold Fusion Gettin Hot? Thanks for the reassurance, Bryan...I'm one of the "self-taught", (except for book and this list!) CF programmers...so I have to learn, deploy, and earn a living on the fly...and there's not much room for error and downtime! Rick -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cold Fusion Gettin Hot? >I know that (and cost and the fact that I haven't needed any of the new > features) > has certainly caused me hesitation...I know nothing about Java and just > looking > at the types of problems that users have to deal with that discuss things > about which > I have no clue as to meaning, causes fear and trepidation that I might > find > myself > stuck in a world with no way out, like Alice in Wonderland. > > Still using 4.5.2...because I can understand it... > > Rick Rick...speaking as someone that had zero Java experience...CF MX 6.x has been no problem at all. I always like to look at the new features, but as you stated...a lot of them I don't need. Although when the time came that I did need them, I found it relatively easy to pick it up and run with it (such as using the iText open source Java based PDF genetrator to build complex PDFs on the fly). You can happily code in "classic" CF with no problems ;-) Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197141 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
