You should read the latest CFDJ - there is an article on Linux, Apache, MySQL, BlueDragon (LAMBDA).
All free sources, sounds like you could compete with the other shop by offering this approach if price is a concern. CFDJ, April 2005 issue, page 24. Ray Russ wrote: > We have a client that is trying to decide whether to go with my company or > another company. We are a CF/MS SQL shop, and the other company does LAMP > development (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl). > > > > I was wondering if anyone on this list can give some ideas of the pros and > cons of using CF/MS SQL vs LAMP. > > > > I know for a fact that perl code is harder to read and maintain, and that's > it's probably slower since it's interpreted every time instead of > pre-compiled as CF is. I know MS SQL has more features (such as stored > procs) that MySQL lacks. > > > > What other pros does CF/MySQL have over LAMP that might sway a potential > client? Personally, except for the fact that LAMP is free, I don't see any > advantages of it at all. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Russ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:208059 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