So CF is a great for getting into development for "newbies", but expect to pay an enterprise level price. And if you are an enterprise, then you'll probably using something else anyway because you won't really need a "newbie" product.
I recognise I'm not at the level on CF that many of you are here, but I have been able to develop quite nice eCommerce and CMS applications. What I don't like so much is that all I need, pretty much, is about 50% of what CF can do, having bought into a "get started easily" product, yet I'm still stuffed with enterprise level prices. IMO, CF has failed to identify where it actually sits in the market and to offer a range of functionalities and price tag that match. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 March 2013 14:27 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CF running out of steam >> programming. CF does what you need with server-side programming. But >> server-side application development tools are basically a commodity >> at this point. You can do anything with anything. There's nothing I >> can > > not quite. make sure you're sitting down & not drinking anything, then > check the price of an arcGIS server license (inside the US, prices > outside the US might make your head explode). plus you need at least > one desktop seat (about the same cost as enterprise cf) just to "manage" your arcGIS servers. > > in large enterprise projects that make use of that kind of server > platform, cf's relatively cheap & a very nice fit especially where you > have to dip into java libs to get stuff done, run off reports, etc. Yeah, my comparison was aimed at general-purpose server-side programming environments, not stuff like arcGIS. And CF is definitely cheap for enterprise software - and that might actually be a problem in the enterprise, as people in the enterprise often equate cost with value. (There's no other explanation I have for the continued success of Oracle.) If you compare CF to ASP.NET, or to common J2EE environments, or to PHP, CF is easier to use, but not so much easier that everyone's going to switch to it from those other things. 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/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355043 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
