Dave Watts wrote: > >For what it's worth, it's almost never a good idea to switch from CF to >.NET, or vice-versa, if you have any significant investment in application >code. Anyone who tells you otherwise is just angling for your money. >
Hmmm...there are many good reasons to stay with CF rather than switching to .NET, but there are also many good reasons to switch from CF to .NET, as we've seen many companies do over the past few years (starting with MySpace.com). I'm not advocating that anyone *should* make that switch, but here are some of the reasons we've heard from people who have made the switch (not necessarily in any particular order): 1. Licensing costs. Some people balk at paying $7500 per CPU pair for CF Enterprise when ASP.NET is included in Windows at no cost. I understand that CF Standard is $1300 per server, and that for a small number of servers even the $7500 per 2-CPU cost can be small compared to overall project costs. But, for someone with dozens, or hundreds, or thousands of servers, the CF license costs can become a real obstacle. 2. Performance and realiability. Some people find they get better performance and realiability of their web applications running .NET rather than CF. 3. Developer tools. Some people find that the tools available for ASP.NET development--especially Visual Studio--are superior to tools available for CF development. 4. Developer availability. Some people find it's easier to hire trained, experienced ASP.NET developers than it is to find and hire trained, experienced CF developers. I realize I have to tread carefully here, so again, I'm not advocating that anyone should switch from CF to .NET, but am disputing Dave's statement that, "it's almost never a good idea to switch from CF to .NET" by pointing out that there are many organizations for whom it has in fact been a very good idea, and listing some of the reasons why. Since I'm sure to be accused of "just angling for your money" anyway, let me point out that BlueDragon.NET can be very effective in helping you migrate from CF to .NET while preserving your investment in CFML code: http://blog.newatlanta.com/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=9DFBA97F-124C-10CB-361E10851B5FAB32 Cheers, Vince Bonfanti New Atlanta Communications, LLC http://www.newatlanta.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:289953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
