This will be a huge site with multiple web servers and at least 1 db server.
Price only becomes an issue when you talk about cf licensing.  We'll have to
get a CF license for each new CF web server we put up, and 1 MS SQL license
for each DB server.  This definitely makes the LAMP approach look more
enticing, so what can I use to sway them toward CF?  

I know enterprise boasts being able to send over 1 million emails per hour.
What other features does ColdFusion have that might make it seem better then
LAMP?  (Scalability, security, ease of maintenance, etc).  

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:52 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CF vs LAMP

On 5/31/05, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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).

The P in LAMP normally means PHP, not Perl.

As others have indicated, the initial cost for your CF/MS SQL solution
may be higher but ongoing maintenance should be cheaper.

FWIW, I use SmarterLinux as my ISP (part of HostMySite) and they offer
LAMP with CFMX for a very reasonable $15 / month (less if you go
through a reseller I believe). If a shared host solution is an option,
that might be a way for you to compete head on with the other LAMP
company...
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