Sounds like you have a problem on your hands, and it's not with the technology.
The problem is illustrated by the last line in your excerpt, "The need to
deliberate the issue further is a mute point." Sounds like his mind is closed.
Not a good thing IMO. You know, the job market still seems pretty good despite
the beating dot-coms have taken in the last few months. Hint, hint.
If you want to fight this, you might research how much time that the redesigns
will take, bearing in mind the need to ramp up on the new technology first. Then
compare that with the time that could have been spent working on other projects
with your current tool box. Aslo compare the average difference in development
time between the two. Think in terms of lost productivity (buzzword alert, good
for pointy-hairs). You might also ask him to clarify his position on the lack of
security in CF and ask for concrete examples said problems, probably they have
been addressed, but the boss doesn't know that because he pays more attention to
PHP. As for cost, there is more to consider than the cost of a liscense, among
which is development time, performance, and scalability. Overwhelm him with
facts and figures, they're hard to dispute. Maybe he'll give in.
I wish I could be there to hear him defend his position. Could be entertaining,
esp. the part about cost. You already own the necessary liscenses (presumably),
so where's the additional cost? Upgrades are, after all, strictly optional.
Nobody says you have to buy them.
Good luck.
-- Bruce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Shepard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:14 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Another debate
>
>
> The new boss has arrived in my department and of course he wants everyone to
> switch from the awesome and all mighty cold fusion to .... PHP. We do need
> some other strengths in our department for those clients who don't want us
> to host their application or don't have cf on their server, but, he wants a
> complete switch. Here is a glimpse into his last email:
>
> "It could be argued that both technologies have their strengths and
> weaknesses. However, in the corporate IT department, CF is usually not an
> option due to cost and security problems. I realize that changing
> perceptions and old habits are sometimes difficult, but necessary.
> Especially in our industry (high-tech).
>
> The need to deliberate the issue further is a mute point."
>
> Does anyone have any opinions on his security problems comment? It seems
> that alliare is pretty good about getting patches up - or we have just been
> lucky and not had any problems. And, would you agree that in the corporate
> IT department cf is "usually" not an option?
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>
>
>
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