Let's try and frame this another way: What what you add to ColdFusion Builder to make it worth $299?
If the answer is, "I would never pay $300 for a CF IDE", then ColdFusion Builder will never be for you. If you can tell me what's missing, then I'll gladly accept the challenge and do my best to include it in the next version. -Adam On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Charlie Griefer <[email protected]>wrote: > > I'd go to another dealership and buy a different car. > > If the car I wanted -only- came with all the options, I'd say, "Hm... ok. > I > can pony up for the in-dash GPS, the alpine sound system with the bose > speakers, the rear camera, the massaging seats (etc), when all I really > want > is a car with the massaging seats.... or I can go buy a different car with > just the massaging seats". > > Life's like that. > > You can choose to say, "OK, I want this badly enough that I'll pay the > price", or you say, "I want it, but not that badly". Then you move on. > Life ain't gonna cater to you (or to me or to anyone else). The > dealership's selling that car with all the options and they're doing it for > a reason... right or wrong... and their choice to do so may end up getting > them a different result than what they were hoping for. But that's their > choice, just as we have to make our choices. > > I choose to believe that Adobe put some thought into their approach. > Again, > I definitely see that it isn't an approach that's going to make everybody > happy. No approach would. But I see that even though it may not cater to > me and what I need... it could potentially serve to meet their needs (cross > marketing, growing their communities, etc). Agree or disagree with it, I > respect the choice and hope it works out. Because if it does, we all stand > to win. > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > What would you think if you went to buy a car, but the dealership > > refused to sell it to you unless you bought every option available? > > > > I wouldn't be too happy about being forced to buy a bundle to get the > > one product I wanted. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:55 PM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: ColdFusion Builder Released! > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Rick Faircloth > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > And that's all well and good. If I could develop a plug-in for > Eclipse, > > > I'd try to sell it. Making money is *not* evil. Overcharging > customers > > > (which > > > is the underlying issue driving people's comments, I believe) is... > > > > > > > They're selling CFBuilder -and- FlashBuilder for the price they used to > > charge (just a year ago) for FlexBuilder (which is now FlashBuilder). > > > > They're essentially saying, "here... here's the product we sold last > year, > > at the price we sold it at. Oh, and we're throwing in ColdFusion > Builder". > > > > > > And that would be "overcharging" how...? > > > > > > -- > > Charlie Griefer > > http://charlie.griefer.com/ > > > > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my > > wife. And I wish you my kind of success. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:332062 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
