>> I do however take issue with craigslist being used as a benchmark for determining the interest in ColdFusion and the assumption that there is a direct relationship between interest and profitability.
Correct. However there is a direct relationship between interest and getting a job. On Feb 7, 2008 8:53 PM, s. isaac dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > I certainly don't deny that's the case on craigslist. > > I do however take issue with craigslist being used as a benchmark for > determining the interest in ColdFusion and the assumption that there is > a direct relationship between interest and profitability. Throughout the > world, there's immense interest in water, though until very recently > there was very little profit in it, and ultimately what surprising > profit there is to be had in water these days is largely an effect of > marketing spin i.e. commercial con artistry. There is conversely very > little, you might say even miniscule interest in WebSphere compared to > the interest in water, and by most accounts WebSphere is pretty > profitable ostensibly with much less in the way of commercial deception. > > At some point in the future, Adobe may become more interested in the > "long tail" (SMB) instead of targeting the enterprise. It may or may not > be beneficial to them now or in the future. But even with every last > scrap of information that's available with regards to the market (number > of consumers, amount of money they're spending, etc. etc.) the execs at > Adobe responsible for pricing are probably not getting it 100% correct, > simply because economics is almost on par with quantum physics in its > complexity. I don't think I'm likely to be able to accurately judge how > on-target Adobe is by looking at craigslist and seeing that there are > fewer CF jobs for me to bid on than there are PHP or ASP jobs. > > > -- > s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch > isn't it time for a change? > ph: 503.236.3691 > > http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298520 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
