As a freelance developer (I am sure many on this list are), my simple mind that tells me that 'to CF or not to CF' boils down to this cycle:
The more small-biz/enterprise ask CF by name equals The more jobs are for CF developers equals The more developers are to take on CF (versus PHP,RoR,.NET) equals The more small-biz ask CF by name equals The more Adobe sells CF servers But guess what? There's not a whole lot of small-biz/enterprise asking CF by name. And I don't think anyone here will dispute that. If you check out craigslist, dice, monster, etc... demand for PHP developers far out number demand for CF developers. If you dispute that, you are in denial. So, what is Adobe doing so the freelance developers like me have MORE customers that ask Coldfusion by name? > That might be true in many cases. However, you're essentially asking them > to > give something away that they're selling now. Generally, the way you > influence prices is by choosing to buy or not buy a product. If you tell > Adobe that they should lower the price, or give more product away, and you > continue to buy the product yourself, you probably won't convince them to > change their pricing model. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298482 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
