The main reason that I can see that they give away software is for the same reason that I give away some of my services... to expose people to them and gain paying customers.
I've considered giving away websites, just to gain the hosting. They did the same thing with IE...give it away and it becomes dominant...provided it's good enough to do the job. And, frankly, I don't care if the software is 7 years old. They got $1300 7 years ago or so, and that's a lot more than they've gotten from someone who hasn't bought anything before. I just feel there should be some consideration for any previous customer's investment. Even if on a sliding scale based on years of age of product. They're basically saying CF 4.5 is worth nothing now...I don't agree. It seems that just sticking with one server on CF 4.5 will continue for as long as it's of value...but the second server will be ASP.NET 2.0...from there I can go into Flex 2.0, also. Wouldn't be surprised if MS didn't develop a Flex Builder tool that they give away for ASP.NET developers while Adobe wants $1000 for theirs... I don't mind companies making money. I'm in business for that. But I do reward long-time customer loyalty. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 11:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ASP.Net book for CF programmer > ASP.NET 2.0...harder to code, I think, but seems to have > functions that CF 7 doesn't. All the software from OS, > server (IIS 6), Visual Web Developer, all from the same > company and integrated in approach... And, likewise, CFMX 7 has lots of functionality that ASP.NET doesn't have. For the life of me, I can't find the "print to PDF" option in ASP.NET. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:239735 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
