This is more of a moral argument than a financial one.
No, I haven't been privy to the development of CFB, but it just
appears that they have piggy-backed on the work of a lot of others
who work for no cost (at least on the product)...CFEclipse and Eclipse,
and are charging a lot for work they didn't have to do.
Now, sure, they can charge whatever they want, just as I can. But if I
quote a large amount to a regular client that they feel is unjustified for
my effort and their benefit, you can bet there would be some howls of
indignation.
They can charge what they want, but that doesn't mean they are
right to charge any amount when a lot of the work in developing
the IDE (interface, plug-in style, etc., Eclipse and CFEclipse) was done by
others.
Dreamweaver: Original product built from the ground up...charging
$300...justified
CFBuilder: Non-original, tack-on plug-in, whose user interface isn't
even original (purposefully created this way, I'm sure, so
so that Eclipse and CFEclipse users would make an easy
transition to its use...again a benefit to Adobe by from the
work of others)...charging $300...not justified
And, yes, I could make back the money soon if it cost $1000...that's not the
point.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:16 PM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: ColdFusion Builder Released!
> The issue is that it is a plugin, not a full IDE...Eclipse already
provides
> the IDE and that is free. If this was a package that they developed on
> there own like DW...then that would be different.
Why would this be any different?
Your problem here, in my opinion, is that you're looking at the
complexity of what you're buying, and the perceived value of the
amount of work done to build it. That really is completely irrelevant.
There's only one thing that's relevant: would buying this make you a
more productive developer and quickly cover the cost of the product?
If the answer is yes, you should buy it, even if it was easy for Adobe
to develop compared to other products. If the answer is no, you should
not buy it.
> Even so, they should be encouraging developers, since we are the ones
doing
> their marketing work for them so that we will encourage our employers and
> clients to use CF.
Clearly, this argument is not compelling enough to Adobe, who
apparently feel entitled to make a profit on their work, just like you
and me.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
http://training.figleaf.com/
Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on
GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized
instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite
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