in light of the real product cost still hovering under 2k I would have to say you are right....
however, with the PHP stuff and those Linux offerings, a big part of the revenue attempt is in support... sorta makes sense to me, because up front I would never have bought Cold Fusion cause of the cost... after getting 10 companies to buy licenses and the rest to go to the hosting farms I can justify my investment... It just seems funny that with things like automobiles, fashion, music, food, etc. that once a product is slightly old or outdated, they do not make it disappear, but rather sell at good discounts... certainly would like to see that common prevailing mentality that exists everywhere else apply to software... -paris -----Original Message----- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 03:06 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: death of coldfusion ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paris Lundis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:05 AM Subject: RE: death of coldfusion > However, there is ample money to be made in customer service and support... > Why cant people understand that and create a sustainable model around it.. > maybe offsite call support... > > Additionally, an end of life product has some great support.. the bugs are > known and limitations... makes it easy to close it out and say look this is > why it is discounted... > This is the wrong market for that kind of model. Someone that flinches at purchasing a product for $1500 is very unlikely to purchase a support contract for a free or cheaper version of the product. They're even less likely to seak support on a pay per call basis. If the current product is truly better than its predecessors, you put those support people in a tough situation. They know the old product has certain bugs, doesn't have newer features, may be less stable. Not a very enjoyable job. They end up spending half their energy telling customers to just upgrade to the newer product to solve many of the problems. Jim ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
