If the UK or other non-US ISPs talked to A/MM, maybe individual deals could
be made. If I was at A/MM I'd talk to ISPs on a per company basis and for
some wave the fee for a time to 'help get them on their feet'. ISP building
is great in the long run but may cost a little in licensing in the short.
But that's just me.
> Do you know how many companies offer ColdFusion hosting in the UK? I know
of
> about 10-15, none of which are large, well-known companies.
>
> Why? Demon told me it was the cost of the Application Server versus
demand.
> There response was "develop in ASP".
>
> If this pricing policy works its way through, hosting companies in the UK
> are going to be *less* likely to purchase CFAS, not more.
>
> And of the ones that have, all of them have a "price per domain" pricing
> structure. I was hoping to see "reseller" ColdFusion hosting options
appear
> in the UK where you can host multiple domains for a fixed price per month
> (as a developer, that's ideal - we stand to generate monthly revenue the
> more we develop in ColdFusion), but I can't see that happening if this
> announcement comes into effect.
>
> So, end result, less ColdFusion hosting on offer, hosting prices don't
come
> down, people reluctant to go down the ColdFusion route as it seems
> increasingly "marginialised", proprietary and costly to host. ColdFusion
> isn't particularly mainstream in the UK as it is. Why do something that
runs
> the risk of making it even less-so?
>
> This announcement stands to hit hosting companies in the short term and
> developers (who have to source hosting solutions for the applications they
> develop) in the longer term.
>
> If the price squeeze is enough, ColdFusion Server sales in the UK will
> suffer, the effects of which will cascade down to the point at which
> developers learn other languages and suggest they develop applications in
> those instead.
>
>
> Methinks Allaire/Macromedia might be trying to recoup their losses on
> Spectra...
>
>
> --
> Aidan Whitehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Netshopperuk
> Telephone +44 (01744) 648650
>
>
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