Jeff,
I'm very happy to see that Macromedia listens to its customers. Thank you.
I haven't had the opportunity to check out CF 5 yet, so I don't know what
features are planned for the Professional and Enterprise versions. As a very
small web host, with maybe 30 domains, one thing that _did_ peak my curiosity
was what features would be planned for a "Service Provider Edition". I think
someone was badly misinformed when they drew up the licensing and pricing for
this product, but if indeed there is added value to someone doing shared hosting
of CF server, there may well be a place for it.
It's obviously too late to suggest significant changes for the CF 5 release, but
I had wondered if we'd see some nice site-level management features, including
some end-user domain management capabilities. Depending on the power of the
management and security features bundled into this product, I could see an
appropriate price somewhere between Pro and Enterprise, perhaps the cost of Pro
plus 20-30%.
Right now, the financial incentive for web hosts is still to use CF Pro over
Enterprise for shared hosting. I hope to at least see some of the sand-box
security features migrated into Pro, so that it IS a good fit for this
environemant, and one that will further the stability and reputation of using CF
for small sites.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Whatcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2001 4:59 PM
Subject: Hosting Service Provider Edition Eliminated
>Based on valued feedback from the community, we have changed our licensing
>plans for shared server hosting with ColdFusion Server 5. Here's what you
>need to know:
>1. We do not plan to offer a Hosting Service Provider Edition of
>ColdFusion Server 5 at this time
>2. We plan to license the Professional and Enterprise editions of
>ColdFusion Server 5 in a way that allows you to provide shared server
>hosting services
>3. We plan to introduce the Professional and Enterprise editions of
>ColdFusion Server 5 with the same pricing as the 4.5 release
>The broad availability of high quality, affordable ColdFusion hosting
>services is important to the continued growth and success of the ColdFusion
>community. We recognize the role of our partners in making this happen, and
>we encourage partners who offer hosting services to participate our hosting
>partner programs, including the Hosting Certification Program. Your
>involvement will help us better meet your needs in the future.
>One of the most exciting things about the ColdFusion Server 5 release is
>that it was conceived based on suggestions and feedback from the ColdFusion
>developer community. We rely on your continued involvement. Keep it
>coming.
>If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding the ColdFusion
>business, including licensing and pricing issues, feel free to email me
>anytime. And as you start using ColdFusion Server 5 in the months ahead, be
>sure to send your ideas for new features and functionality to
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Thanks,
>Jeff Whatcott
>Director, ColdFusion Product Marketing / Macromedia
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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