You don't see it as anything other than a service, if done right the person won't even know what technology is running on the server.
Sales teams should be selling it as a Java solution, because the byte code running is technically Java. Secondly if they are selling it as a language rather than your services, I would be questioning your method od making money, better still sacking the sales team would be a good start. People don't care what the site is programmed in, they care it works and has support if anything goes wrong. How you deliver and sell that is how you make your money, if they are interested in whether it is PHP or not. Then maybe I can show you a list of IP addresses that is now into a very large DB. These IP addresses all resolve to hosting servers that are running PHP.. Why because they have hacked into these sites and are now using them to infect other PHP sites. And you wont to sell PHP in a market like that!!! If it was me I would sack the sales, they should be selling support packages, or even the knowledge that ColdFusion is still more secure than PHP, but to sell your services based on what language you use.... Wow all the small development houses I know who used to do it that way are all shut up and no longer in business, But hey I am more worried that you work for a company that has really no clue how to sell their services. Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Robert Harrison <rob...@austin-williams.com > wrote: > > > Oh yeah. Change from a closed source to an open source. What can > possibly go wrong. :) > > The decision to abandon CF is not mine. It was made above my head. It's > become more and more difficult to sell CF solutions to potential new > clients and they and their IT departments are flat out refusing CF > technology. > > And as far as the hacks... this is why I was asking for hosting > recommendations a couple of month ago. We're in the process of moving our > CF sites to Edge right now. > > I for one love ColdFusion... but it's a show stopped for the sales team > now. > > > Robert Harrison > Director of Interactive Services > > Austin & Williams > Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 > T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 > http://www.austin-williams.com > > Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:357994 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
