Sounds like a winner! (But leave the CFMail...that's a great outreach tool that would be used to send email promoting Cold Fusion...anything that helps get into an inbox is invaluable, therefore CF takes on a huge value just with that feature...)
No MySQL support? Don't know about that one...since MySQL is free and powerful (I use it) I wouldn't cut that one out...they might start using Access... ;o) Since you want to be able to introduce the newbies to all the powerful features of CF, would a full-featured free version work if it were limited to one domain? Would that hurt Adobe too much? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Fuqua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Flex 2 and Ben Forta > > > Free ColdFusion could work. It would have to work for Adobe too though. > How about adding one more level... > > ColdFusion Basic FREE no cfmail, > cfchart, cfr's, cfc's, cfforms, no > mysql support (essentially the old free version of Blue dragon). License > limited to one domain. > > ColdFusion Standard (renamed professional?) 1200 (although 900 > looks better) > > ColdFusion Enterprise $5000 > > Adobe would benefit from increased market/developer share as more people > became acquainted with the power and simplicity of ColdFusion, then the > benefit of ColdFusion "Professional" for 1200 would be easy to grasp. And > once a company needs enterprise level software, $5k is not much, > especially > if all your apps already run on coldfusion. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:11 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Flex 2 and Ben Forta > > > Hmmm... > > So CFEclipse must not be a good tool then. Open Office must not be good. > Winamp, the Flash player, Linux. All of those must be total trash because > they're free. > > The point I'm wanted to make is that I love ColdFusion and want it to > succeed. Some clients/companies simply can't get past the fact > that CF costs > $1200 minimum to get into ColdFusion when PHP is "free". You and > I both know > the pros and cons to "free" software like PHP, but the client doesn't see > past the dollars signs. > > And by the way...I said ColdFusion should be free...my names Andy > Matthews. > > <!----------------//------ > andy matthews > web developer > ICGLink, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615.370.1530 x737 > --------------//---------> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233998 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
