> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:26 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: ColdFusion: Some People Just Don't Know Any Better > > > 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 > > This is not necessarily true. Especially the last part. If you're using > shared hosting, it's not necessarily the case that more shared hosting > clients means more CF server licenses. It might be very likely in many > cases, though, I guess. > > But even if it is true, it's not necessarily relevant to Adobe. What's > relevant to Adobe - or any company selling any product - is to maximize > profits on the products they sell. If that means selling 100 copies at $1 > million apiece, or selling 1 million copies at $100 each, so be it. > > Now, unless people at Adobe are throwing darts at a pricing chart while > blindfolded, they've presumably spent some time figuring out elasticity of > demand, support costs per product sale, etc. And, they've concluded that > they're better off targeting the enterprise. You may agree or disagree, > but > pricing their products is their prerogative. >
You keep saying that Adobe is targeting the enterprise. Most enterprises I know are not using ColdFusion, and are using .NET because .Net is more "enterprisey". If they have money and want to invest in the JAVA technology, they will go for something like Websphere. ColdFusion is just not an enterprise ready technology, and it won't be until they at least support x64. ColdFusion is best aimed at SMBs IMHO. They are the ones that can make the most use of it, and they are the ones that I feel make up the bulk of Adobe's revenues for Cf. Russ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298488 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
