>OK lets look at it another way, how much is a PDF generator, even in terms > > >There are tons of packages out there. I'm amazed daily by the different >CRM-ish PHP stuff out there. >You could roll out a whole app with all kinds of stuff fairly quickly. Far >faster than a bunch of grunts writing stuff from the ground up, or whatnot. >Drag and drop modules, and spiffy stuff like that. Directory watchers I >haven't seen much of, but I haven't looked (and sadly, haven't used them >myself... maybe for this one project, they'd be a good fit... hmmm... >anywhayze...)
Still look how much time it takes to develop an app using iText, for instance, that mimics the functionality of cfdocument (even with it foibles). You may want to do it as a hobbyist, but I'd hate to spend the $$$ getting it done when cfdocument can handle the requirements much more easily. Same with CFmail. As for a directory watcher, I'm developing an app right now to use a directory watcher as a way to interface with lab equipment, so we can do live data collection. > >The idea is that when you factor in the real costs, CF is cheap. When you > > >Well, it's all in the frame of reference, and context, etc. > >One of the things I learned from the little bit of assembler I worked with, >was that it's a PITA when you're building it all from scratch, but it speeds >up quite a bit when you've got skeletons of the various things you need... I >think the basic idea applies in other areas, because I see this effect >everywhere, even with CF- RADicle as it is. ;] > >Enough said. > > >I don't think you've wrangled the definition of "free" enough for me to see >CF as "free"... just because it saves time when looked at from some angles >doesn't negate the fact that you won't find a "full" version for "free" >anywhere. At least I haven't seen one I could make a million dollars with >and not have to pay someone else, or whatever. >Make a ton of money, and see how free anything is though, I reckon. :) Nothing is free, you pay for things one way or another. Thing is CF provides a lot under the hood that other languages only provide as add ons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:257056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
