> Surprise, I can use ColdFusion Builder to develop to a degree, .Net > applications. There is a plujgin for Eclipse to do that. Might not be 5% of > the real thing, but hey its there.
And likewise, there are people using Visual Studio for CF development. > Secondly, Adobe have built this on existing technology that without it > ColdFusion Builder would be nothing. > > Not to mention that Aptan provides a lot of what Adobe didn't have to write > as well, which means that a good 80% of the product is not Adobes code. What > is left, in my eyes may be a time saver if the features actually worked > reliably. So? What does any of that have to do with how they should price the product? > Is it worth the $299.00, not in my eyes. Even after looking at the feature > matrix for ColdFusion Builder doesn't pursuade that on me either. Then ... don't buy it? > Granted, they have put a lot of work into some areas of the IDE. But a lot > of that has been fixing problems and getting it to play nice too. So you > can't compare the man hours to get an acurate price either. > > Adobe spent a good 12 months just trying to get the actual Aptana editor to > actual be faster, if they wrote it themselves like CFEclipse did then they > wouldn't have spent that amount if time on the product. > > So if we compare the man hours gone into the project, my question is should > we pay for their bad mistakes and.or choices? I had no idea you were paying Adobe on a time and materials basis. Do you really think that the cost of CF Builder was set based on the number of hours it took for them to build it? Because, as a general rule, that's not how non-custom software is priced. That might be a consideration in determining whether to make the software in the first place, but beyond that it's simply not that important. 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:332471 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
