I hate the how much is Windows argument. We run ColdFusion on top of Windows so we pay for both, as do most people running ColdFusion.
Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited) Sent: Monday, 30 July 2007 4:48 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Coldfusion 8 Pricing - Is it a joke? It really depends how you decide to compare. Service Provider pricing for Windows Server Standard is around $40 per CPU per month with instant upgrade rights for any new server version. This is "die" pricing so cores don't count. So when you look at .Net versus an application server like CF, you're comparing something you get with the monthly fee already (.net) with something that you need to buy and install on top of the OS costs. It's also not about the technology costs for the end-game hosting of the solution, I still firmly believe that CF out performs .Net in terms of speed to market for development, so what you really need to do is weight up the costs of developing a solution in both languages and then add on the ongoing costs for say 3 years. That way you are comparing the cost savings of rapid development in CF with the cost savings of hosting in .Net. Cheers Bruce -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Beattie Sent: Monday, 30 July 2007 6:43 p.m. To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Coldfusion 8 Pricing - Is it a joke? actually Scott, you may have hit on something that is 100% this thread. CF8 ent on Linux toe-to-toe with ASP.NET on Win Server2003 I haven't a clue what the answer to that is, dollar-wise, but it could an interesting comparison with perhaps CF8 Enterprise still being competitively priced....? anyone wanna work it out? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
