Jeff Whatcott
Director ColdFusion Product Marketing
Macromedia
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Jeff,
Thank you for listening to the concerns of the Cold Fusion community in the
coming release of CF5. I know that I, as one amongst many, posted a quick
response regarding my fears on how a new multi-site hosting license may
affect my participation with Macromedia and the Cold Fusion product.
I have long been a somewhat disgruntled user for Macromedia products, having
lived through the Drumbeat/Elemental Software purchase (and from that
experience never following the upgrade path through Macromedia), and even
moving to Adobe's Live Motion to build Flash projects.
With that in mind, I have been very (and stressed on the very) pleasantly
surprised about the quick, timely, and responsive position Macromedia has
moved in after the premature leak of price-structure changes to Cold Fusion
this last week.
In particular, I was worried about how a vaguely worded "Partner Hosting
License" and the effect it may have on a developer like myself that builds a
lot of small, non-commercial (or commercial) web-sites on my own box.
I recognize that the Macromedia clarification of the Partner Hosting License
clearly removed my immediate worry and concerns. And while that was good
enough for protecting "my block", there was still concern by other
developers. I applaud Macromedia for responding to them as well.
In closing I fully support Macromedia approach to stratify the product, and
offer advanced multi-site management tools and server protection for higher
prices. Indeed, I highly support any activity that scales a product's cost
of features and functionality. This, in my mind, subsidizes the small
developer community, while delivering premium (and premium as in
functionality only required of specialized web hosts, or partner hosts) to
premium clients.
Cold Fusion Professional and Enterprise remain fully functional and robust
packages, with the knowledge that Macromedia will further support and extent
the product for specialized, and niche markets - if I ever am in a position
to move that way.
Again, thank you for your response time, and I look forward to build a
better relationship with Macromedia now that I've experienced this weekend.
Stephen R. Cassady
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.tallylist.com
----- Orig. Message -----
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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