Well consider that Gold sponsorship for CFUnited works out around $21,000 ... definately in the 20's anyway. Platinum is going to be at least 30k.
Then there's the cost of flying in around maybe 10 of the CF team plus accomodation, and whatever else. That's coming out of the ColdFusion budget... if the CF budget is now expected to pay a 5 figure sum (pounds or dollars, doesn't matter) for CFUnited Europe ... personally, I'd prefer they didn't. And in all honesty for that amount of money, do the CF team (or indeed Adobe) get enough back in return to justify the costs? It's not like they pitching new sales at the conference. They're preaching to an already converted choir. Just my 2 pennies :) Andy On 16/11/06, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy Allan wrote: > > In all honesty ... I can't see CFUnited Europe working. I seriously > > doubt they'll get the kind of sponsors they need to justifty the > > costs. > > > > Will Adobe really shell out on as a Platinum sponsor at a similar > > financial level to the US version when they also run their own MAX > > events. And talking of that, I can see MAX hitting Europe in the not > > too distant future. > > I've always wondered about Adobe's relationship with CFUN/CFUNITED, but > i think they like it, because they can't possible put the kind of focus > into coldfusion at MAX that CFUNITED does. I've been to several MAX > Events (Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Las Vegas), and several > CFUN/CFUnited (04,05,06) and I usually get more out of CFUnited (and i > generally enjoy it more) than I do MAX. I find CFUnited to be a more > focused conference (even though they've added Flex content)... and for > me it's a better networking event as well. I also like that CFUnited > keeps you busy from dawn til dusk with more "after 5" stuff than MAX has > .... BoF groups and such. And I've just found it to be more "social". > > I like MAX.. but I don't go to MAX every year. I won't be going to MAX > in 2007... but I will (hopefully) be going to CFUNITED in 2007. > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260829 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
