> Because I'm a firm believer in choice - and I find .NET > restrictive and limiting.
Is this solely because it requires Windows? If so, that's certainly a valid answer, but perhaps irrelevant to lots of people. > What I *AM* saying, (read this part carefully) is that it > limits you in your choices once you invest in it. CFML, > Java, PHP, and Ruby do not include this limitation, and also > allow you to perform the same tasks that .NET does. So... why > would I purposely chose to limit yourself when there are > non-limiting alternatives available? There are quite a few things that you can do with .NET that the other languages listed cannot, just as there are some things (like GD) that you can use from PHP. I submit to you that this list of things is pretty large, actually. 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! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280166 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
