Hmm, lot's of stuff to wade through here I see. I'm sure I'll find lot's of interesting stuff ;-)
This exercise has been very difficult, we are truly wanting to base our technology decision on the full picture, including future growth; - learning curve - resources available - cost of server license, taking into account clustering, load balancing, OS license etc. - cost of developer license - enterprise platform - pro's/con's: OS independent etc. etc. PS: I'm a ColdFusion guy myself, but this decision needs to be made from a business perspective and it can't be a biased one, which is why I'm gathering all the info I can. PPS: A little more insight on the matter; we (certainedge) are creating a platform developers can build upon (PaaS), we have our technology sorted for that and CF does not come into play. The client that needs to consume the web services is the technology part I'm trying to make a decision on. Since it's a thin client I'm considering to create the client in JS/AJAX only, but just need to work out authentication. On 8/19/08, Mark Ireland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am guessing the range and average cost of a programmer for each language > is roughly the same. > > I am guessing the rank of the average time of development is (in descending > order) .NET, Java, PHP, Coldfusion > > I am guessing the rank of the 'steepness' of the learning curve would be in > the reverse order. > > The obvious Pro/Con is initial cost. Coldfusion is not free (and hosts > often charge more for coldfusion hosting) > > For PHP and Java you must collect your own code libraries. (which is > something you might happily pay for) > > There is a trade off with the dev time/steepness thing. Anything You Do > Quickly Will Have To Be Done Again. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:46:11 +1000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Statistics on ColdFusion... and other languages > > I'm preparing a document that will allow www.certainedge.com to make an > unbiased business decision on what application server/language to use. But > am finding it hard to gather concrete evidence and statistics on the > following; > - average cost of employee in Australia; PHP, Java, .NET and ColdFusion > - average time of development > - learning curve > - pro's and con's for each one > > Does anyone know where to find some statistics that are reliable? > > Cheers > > -- > Try advertising on the new Australian Business Directory > www.clickfind.com.au > blog: http://australiansearchengine.wordpress.com/ > Web Designers > http://www.web-designers-australia.com > > > > ------------------------------ > in your area now! View photos of > singles<http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fchannel%2Findex%2Easpx%3Ftrackingid%3D1046247&_t=773166080&_r=WL_TAGLINE&_m=EXT> > > > -- Try advertising on the new Australian Business Directory www.clickfind.com.au blog: http://australiansearchengine.wordpress.com/ Web Designers > http://www.web-designers-australia.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
