John, It is not a touchy subject. It is shall we say a, "well beaten horse." It is not your fault.
I was just trying to prevent yet another thread that forces so many to justify themselves uneccessarily. We enjoy the product to the point where we subject ourselves to debates so strong that bloggers and podcasters report the results like boxing title fights. Teddy On 10/13/06, John Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/13/06, Cutter (CFRelated) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > John, > > > > I would agree with you, if it weren't for guys like NewAtlanta putting > > out a free version of BlueDragon or the Railo project. Cost is not a > > valid argument any more (NewAtlanta has offered a free edition of BD > > since....2003? Josh, Vince, pipe in anytime here). Not trying to start a > > pissing contest here, just saying that there are options if one is > > willing to research them. > > > heh, you guys seem to think I am shying away from CF because of cost. I > am > obviously on this list, and am using CF daily. Just saying what my > impression was prior to using it, and why I wouldn't have learned CF had I > not taken my current position. It's no biggie to me at all, but to say > that > there isn't an impression of cost associate, again, I say impression is > over > looking one obvious difference. No one needs to convince me though either > way though. > > To me it doesn't really matter one way or another as long as I can do a > cost > justification. A programming language is just a tool to use to meet an > end. To me, I don't really care if I am writing in PHP / Ruby / > ColdFusion, > as long as I can do what I need to do. If I can make a case that CF > allows > me to do it faster with less man-power, then great, I can justify the > cost. > No biggie. Are CF developers less for me to hire than PHP / Ruby / PERL > developers? Great, I can justify the cost. No biggie. > > I admit that I am new here, so my apologies for the comment if bringing up > costs associated is a touchy subject, as it appears to be. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256670 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
