> Actually, I dont want to do freelance work, but I am forced to do so.
I'm sorry to hear that. But if you're forced to do something, and you want to do it successfully, you may have to change your expectations, etc. > And just because you share his attitude doesn't make it not elitist. No, the fact that I share his attitude doesn't make it not elitist. Something else does, though. Sean's statement is descriptive, not prescriptive. It describes the world as it is, it doesn't say the world should be this way or that. If you want to do certain things, and those things require you to buy tools, you can't do those things unless you can afford the tools. That's just the way it is. I'm sure Sean would also like to spend less money buying tools, and I know I would. But no one's giving away free computers, and no one's giving away all sorts of other things I need to do my job. So I buy what I need to buy, or I don't take the job. And if you look at the general prices of software development tools, $200 is on the low end. It's not as low-end as free, of course, but again, you have to look at what other non-free software costs for your comparison. Again, not elitism, just an observation that you can confirm by spending half an hour on cdw.com or pparadise.com, etc. And custom packages, etc, for CF are kind of a niche anyway, so if I wanted to build a COTS shopping cart in CF that I could sell, I'd have to price it pretty high, because not too many people would buy it. That's not elitism, it's just a description of the world, unless by "elitism" you mean "something I don't like". The world sucks in a lot of ways. But it is what it is. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334934 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
