> 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. I don't think Adobe is interested in directly competing with free software. I suspect they believe there's not much profit there. > So, what is Adobe doing so the freelance developers like me > have MORE customers that ask Coldfusion by name? It isn't Adobe's job to make you successful at your business. That's your job. Personally, I would love to see Adobe doing all sorts of stuff like you suggest. I'd love to see them give CF away. My company provides CF training, among other things. But I don't expect Adobe to run their business to benefit me, and I give them the benefit of the doubt that they've done their best to maximize their own profits. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
