True, and you can read all that others have said about it by searching
through the archives.
> This topic has been run through the mud. If you want to go a certain
route:
> first make a conclusion , run tests to support that conclusion , show test
> results to your manager.
>
> ColdFusion costs money.
> ASP only runs on MS.
> PHP is free (managers are usually afraid to go that way [cya]).
>
> As far as speed, load, scalability, maintainability. These are highly
> dependent on the developer writing the code.
>
> "Adrian Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 7:38 AM
>
>
> > Hi, does anyone have any definitive feedback on how Cold Fusion, PHP &
ASP
> > rate against each other in terms of speed, scalability, robustness.
> >
> > I believe in terms of ease of development Cold Fusion is hands down the
> > winner, but how about on those other fronts over the long run?
> >
> > Also, which works better as far as speed/reliability - Cold Fusion on
> > Windows or Linux? How about PHP on Linux vs. Cold Fusion on anything
else.
> > Appreciate any feedback because we're trying to make a long term
decision
> on
> > this front.
>
> I don't know about PHP - but CF is vastly better than ASP in my quite
> extensive
> experience of both - CF is faster and *much* more stable. I had some
legacy
> ASP
> apps which were written in VB, and they frequently crashed the IIS
services -
> not just the webserver it was running on - all the IIS services on the
server
> -
> it also crashed the MMC, so a reboot of the server was the only solution.
I
> have seen similar things with ASP before - that is not untypical.
>
> OTOH - I have apps here, one with over 2000 big CF templates per site, and
> they
> behave impeccably, and it is much faster - particuarly talking to
databases
> over
> ODBC. I can't imagine what ASP could do which CF couldn't do - or
conversly -
> I
> am sure CF can do alot more.
>
> If you have the choice - go with CF.
>
> Adrian Cooper.
>
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