> On 7/30/07, Neil Middleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Small point to bear in mind here, which always pops into my head when I hear > this argument. > > Let's say I am on $50/hr like you say, therefore for myself to pay for CF8 > Ent, I'm looking at working at least 150 hours before it's paid for. OK, I > may be 10% more productive than PHP, but if I were using CF then I would > only save 208 hours per year over PHP (150 are spent paying for the license > as well). > > So, at the end of my year, I'm 58 profit hours up. i.e $2900. If I had more > than one server (say one dev, one test), I'd be out of pocket to the tune of > $4600. It's not such a massive amount after all.
This also assumes that you're the only developer, you're only taking one year into consideration, and you're assuming that you get no other benefits from using coldfusion that you might have to pay extra for with PHP - or spend a LOT more time implementing - over and above the 10% productivity difference. For example, PDF generation, enterprise reporting, verity collections. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
