I can give you a specific example. I undertook a private pro-bono project for the volunteer radio station I have my show on, about the same time as a friend in the USA did a similar thing. He and a colleague took two years to build their station's site, http://wamu.org which has about the same level of complexity as my station's site, http://hawkradio.org.au which I built in 74 hours, spread over 3 months.
I think they've got a better looking site, because they've got much better creative skills and my revised Hawkradio site is going to be much better, but the complexity and server-side stuff is about the same. After we discovered we'd finished almost equivalent sites at the same time, we shared our spec documents, and the specs are almost the same. The point is this .... their PHP site, using "free" PHP took two of them two years to do. Multiply that out by an hourly rate, and compare that to my building almost the same site (from a programming standpoint) in 74 hours. Even if you add the cost of the server, mine still came out at a fraction of the cost. Both stations are lucky we're going the work on a volunteer basis! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 12/21/05, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to add to those comments...if you look around, you may find some > comparison articles that may be helpful elsewhere on the net. Here's one > from the Macromedia (Adobe) site that has some good code comparisons: > > http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/php_cfmx.html [snip] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:227385 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
