> 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
So, presumably, because the work that you do writing CF is non-original, and relies on the power of the ColdFusion server, and is significantly less complicated than writing the ColdFusion server, you charge significantly less for your time, right? I mean, thinking about my own career as a CF developer, the sum total of all the CF software I've written is almost certainly less sophisticated, less complex, etc than the CF server itself. So, presumably, I should have made no more than the cost of CF Enterprise, right? Long story short: your indignation is misplaced. Nearly all software is based on other software; maybe not in so obvious a fashion, but I doubt that the Dreamweaver team wrote everything in assembler. > And, yes, I could make back the money soon if it cost $1000...that's not the > point. Well, no, that's exactly the point. That is the ONLY measure for software value that makes sense. Any other measure is just irrational and misguided. 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 trai ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:332035 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
