It is too expensive and its main competition is free. It's not just expensive for business running their own servers, it is expensive for hosting companies too.
Adobe missed the boat years ago to give it away either free or at a student price. When I talk to potential customers, none of them have heard of it and it puts up a barrier. I agree that customers worry that if I was ever not around, who could they find to help them, this loses me too many potential customers and even existing customers I have worked with for years have the same underlying concerns. Even the upgrade prices are extortionate and what we actually get in an upgrade often isn't that big a deal to MOST developers. Since version 7 the only feature I have come to need that is in a current product is EXIF extraction. There is almost a complete lack of applications in developed with CF. Look a PHP applications: phpBB, WordPress, osCommerce - here are some more:- http://blog.fedecarg.com/2008/05/22/20-most-influential-open-source-web-appl ications/ Google for "Coldfusion applications":- https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=copldfusion+applications&oq =copldfusion+applications&gs_l=hp.3..0i13l2j0i13i30j0i13i10i30.91106.93524.2 .93995.13.12.0.0.0.2.153.1513.0j12.12.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.psy-ab.Xpivj0a2 0To&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.d2k&fp=d76e512bfb3860c7&b iw=1680&bih=893 Don't get me wrong, I love Coldfusion, but I can't see it lasting unless Adobe do something drastic to get the ball rolling - I don't see that happening, and even if they did, it is probably too late. -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 March 2013 00:14 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CF running out of steam + 1 *Bryan Stevenson*B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. - makers of FACTS^(TM) phone: 250.480.0642 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> web: www.electricedgesystems.com <http://www.electricedgesystems.com> and www.fisheryfacts.com <http://www.fisheryfacts.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----CONFIDENTIALITY------ This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this message and attachments. On 13-03-13 02:36 PM, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9egans wrote: > >>Maybe they would just Google it. > > Google is a good tool but not an excuse for having a poor home page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:355004 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
