Sorry to hear that coming from a CTO of a leading company, but your opinion is your opinion and I can respect that. Actually, I have gotten some good perspectives and while I think it could be cheaper my aim was to get a discussion going about it because I have been away for a while. I just wish you had offered a wider perspective on it.
On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > >> Mmmmm. So how exactly does one afford the best tools when they don't have >> the dollars? Easy to say when you got a job. >> You say people at Adobe have to eat, but most people at Adobe also make >> 60-80000 easily. > > Well, that's a tough choice, I guess. But that's what people do. If > you really can't afford it, no matter what, it doesn't matter how good > it is, does it? In that case, this entire thread is a giant waste of > time, because even if it writes code for you while cooking you dinner > you won't get it. > >> And if your a developer the educational use is of no real benefit because if >> I remember that was only for college students. > > And anyone can go to their local community college and register for a > part-time course, and then you're a college student. I suggest > philosophy or symbolic logic, if you choose this path. > >> I am surprised that nobody has really tried to say why cf builder is so good >> likes it features. in other words, nobody has really >> provided a good reason as to why should I invest in it. > > Nobody cares whether you invest in it, except for Adobe people I > guess. Download it and try it out yourself, or not. That's why they > have a trial. > > I like it because it does a lot of little things that, together, make > it worthwhile. But I also got it free with Flash Builder, which I had > to buy anyway. > > But this conversation seems to boil down to "I think it should be > cheaper", and that's not really a productive topic. Because it's not > going to get cheaper as a result, and it's either worth the money for > you or it isn't. Either is fine with 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 ons > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341299 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
