You read MY post incorrectly. If he's looking to make a purchase right now, then CF7 with a sub is the best idea. If he's not going to purchase until his code is written then yes, CF8 should be out by then.
andy -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:57 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Migrating Ancient CF Code True, You can't. But I would dare to say as there is no code in his department, or if the other is migrated then by the time they are ready to purchase CF8 will be for sale. You did not think of that did you. So d.load the public release beta, code away or as others have said by a subscription update for cfmx7. On 6/21/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can't buy CF8 yet, that's why. But you can purchase a CF7 license > with subscriptions, which will allow you to upgrade to CF8 "for free" > when it's released. Ben Forta suggested this very thing at his > Nashville UG presentation for Scorpio. > > I'd also suggest moving straight to 8. With that much code, I'm sure > it's going to take you several months to rewrite anyway. Just test > everything in a dev environment, and by the time you're ready to go > live, CF8 "should" > be > out. > > andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:55 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Migrating Ancient CF Code > > My Gut says go with CF8 is due very soon. And the speed increase will > be worth it. > > But to be honest, it is a strange question you should be able to > answer without us putting anything forward. Why buy cfmx7 when you can buy > cfmx8? > > > > On 6/21/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Third Try > > > > I started a new position with the State of California Monday. > > > > The first task that was discussed for me was migrating some very > > old, version 4.5 CF code running on NT 4 servers to modern (and > > hopefully more stable) servers running modern CF. The question was > > asked is there any reason not to just jump to CF 8 when it is > > official - I > presume > in a > > few weeks, rather then first to 7 then 8. This department currently > > has NO CFMX code running. > > > > My feeling was that there should be little or no difference > > migrating the code to 8 rather then 7, but my supervisor wanted me > > to get some other opinions. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281639 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
