While I don't doubt that BD may be faster than CFMX, I simply cannot see BD as a better product. I've found it to have a significantly higher number of bugs than CFMX, and while many of these bugs wouldn't affect many developers, they're still bugs, which indicates some kind of problems in the development process (lack of comprehensive regression testing, for example). I should also clarifiy by saying that I've only ever run the standalone (Java-based) server, not the ..NET server, but from my understanding, the two are VERY similar.
So as long as you can dodge the bugs, BD is definitely a candidate. But I suspect the time spent dodging bugs would more then pay for a couple extra servers, particularly with developing a large project, let alone the maintenance phase. Note that I don't want to be little NA in any way. They're doing a fantastic job competing in a market that is utterly stacked against them. And while they do a lot of things I could wish MM to do (be massively receptive to use feedback, provide a free edition, etc.), their core product is somewhat inferior in some ways. cheers, barneyb On 6/28/05, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a huge coup, my boys at New Atlanta have won a MAJOR deal and are > helping MySpace.com, the fifth most heavily trafficked web site on the > Internet,make the switch from Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 to New Atlanta's > BlueDragon for .NET. MySpace is easily the largest CFML-based site on > the Internet; to put things into perspective, MySpace has surpassed both > Google and Hotmail in terms of total page views and currently handles > more than 18 million members. Who says CFML isn't viable! Woohoo! > > The part that caught my eye was that in their testing, MySpace saw a 50% > performance improvement over ColdFusion 5.0 as well as better stability > and performance than even CFMX. > > This is a massive win for New Atlanta and further vindication that their > BlueDragon product-line is a "more-than-viable" (dare I say better) > alternative to Macromedia's ColdFusion server. > > Full details of the deal can be found on Vince Bonfanti's blog > > http://blog.newatlanta.com > > Congratulations New Atlanta! > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:210710 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
