> I completely disagree with that statement. Ease of use has > (nearly) nothing to do with how good or bad a particular > product is.
That is an absurd statement on its face. Ease of use may not be the most important factor in judging the quality or value of something, but it is an important factor. If it weren't, you'd be running OS/2 on your computer and listening to your Archos music player as you write applications in C with edlin. > Anyhow my point is that people cannot be afraid to learn > something new just because there is a learning curve involved. > I am sure it has taken everyone here that uses IIS quite awhile > to learn it in the beginning. That might all be true, but all other things being equal, something that is easy to use is better than something that isn't. And, frankly, if you assert that product X "beats the pants off" product Y, I'm going to expect product X to be easier to use. I think, for example, that CF beats the pants off of JSP. Why? Ease of use! The .conf file situation in Apache HTTPD has always been a big pile of crap. You might find this, written by an Apache developer, illuminating. Or maybe not: http://people.apache.org/~rbowen/presentations/apacheconEU2005/hate_apache.p df It's a little out of date, but still entertaining. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267043 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
