Jordan, Thanks for your reply, I am not soliciting feedback from the folks at New Atlanta alone. I really value the developer community's input and would like to hear from more developers. From a BlueDragon web hosting companies perspective, your feedback is very appreciated.
I would like to pool the opinions of MM/Adobe ColdFusion 6 & 7 developers, but I will also subscribe to the BlueDragon interest list and get their perspective as well. Our board of directors are meeting this Thursday, and I am trying to figure out if I should propose a new purchase of CF 7 or BlueDragon 6.2. -Aaron On 1/17/06, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > I'm not from NewAtlanta, but seeing as my company is a BlueDragon > Certified web host I am quite familiar with their software. You might > consider re-posting this message to the BlueDragon mailing list and > seeing if you don't get a better response. > > I've responded to your message in-line below: > > Aaron Roberson wrote: > > >I have found that BD only supports CFML as it stands with CF 6. The > >price for BlueDragon Server JX is $899, whereas CF 7 Personal is > >$1,299 - but is the costs saved worth sacrificing the new feature set > >in CF 7? > > > > > I suppose this question boils down to the feature set that you actually > plan on using. If you don't plan on using any of the additional features > that are currently available in CF7 and not in BD6.2, then why spend the > additional $400? I don't know about you, but I can think of a lot of > things I could do with a spare $400. In addition, BlueDragon comes with > some features and tags that aren't included in CF7 - these features are > unique to BlueDragon alone. > > For a great overview of the differences between BD and CF, take a look > at the BlueDragon compatibility guide available on the NewAtlanta web site. > > >BD Server JX comes with ServletExec, New Atlanta's J2EE from what I > >understand. This is included in the $899 price. However, to run BD on > >Tomcat, JRun or any other J2EE server the price for a 2CPU server is > >$5,999 - that doesn't include the cost of the J2EE server. However, CF > >7 Enterprise comes with JRun for the same price - $5,999. Is > >ServletExec comparable to JRun? If not, why pay $5,999 for BD Server > >J2EE PLUS $899 for JRun when you can buy CF 7 Enterprise with JRun > >included for $5,999? > > > > > I've never used the J2EE version of BD, so I can't be much help in this > area. However, I would imagine that one would not by BD J2EE for JRUN. > Instead, they'd buy it for WebSphere, Tomcat, or some other J2EE server > not normally associated with CF. Again, I'd recommend posting this > message to the BlueDragon-interest list and see if you don't get better > answers to this question. > > >3 General Questions: > > > >1. Does BD Server JX compare to CF 6 Standard or Enterprise? > > > > > CF 6 Standard. > > >2. Will BD soon include the new CF 7 feature set? > > > > > I know NewAtlanta is working on BD 7, but naturally they're keeping the > details for themselves until things are more concrete. > > >3. Is ServletExec comparable to enterprise J2EE servers? > > > > > As far as I know, yes. ServletExec is one of NewAtlanta's flagship > products - I'd imagine it'd be roughly comparable to most J2EE servers > available. However, not that this is not my personal area of expertise, > so you might get better information from the BD list or by contacting > someone at NewAtlanta who's familiar with answering these types of > questions. > > >I would appreciate whatever feedback you may have and I look forward > >to hearing from someone at New Atlanta. > > > >-Aaron > > > > > Hope this helps! > > -- > Warm regards, > Jordan Michaels > Vivio Technologies > http://www.viviotech.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229832 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
