> > The value proposition of CF is that it pays for itself with shorter > > development and maintenance times. If that's not true for > > you, you shouldn't > > buy it no matter what the price is. If it is true for you, > > the price is > > irrelevant. As enterprise products go, CF is dirt cheap. > > Don't forget about people that sell software. Even though I'm a CF > developer, and I love it, if I wanted to make a web based product > that > would go to small/medium businesses, I'd hate to have to tell them, > "My > product costs $150, but I'm charging you a $1450 because it's built > on > ColdFusion". Yes, I know they could host it on my servers, but a lot > of > data is too secure for that. >
Lets not forget there are 2 enterprise ready open source CF engines, Open BlueDragon and Railo. So the argument about price is no longer relevant. Unless you need some of the Adobe specific tags, both these two FOSS CF engines are more than adequate for most tasks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325771 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
