It's time for Adobe (if they don't do it already) to adopt a SaaS model and make it available to everyone - to pay $50/mth or so for CFENT without the need to purchase lics upfront.
GM On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Brett Payne-Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure, $5K is a significant investment depending on your circumstances. > > But are you saying that the annual maintenance fee for CF is 90% of the > purchase price? As in, CFENT costs $5,555 up front and $5,000 for maintenance > annually? That would a bit over the top in my book. Or maybe it is 90% of the > upgrade price? I think that would be more likely and in which case I'd say > 'place your bets!'. In reality the maintenance plans are aimed at the > corporate end of the market where they prefer to pay an annual fee rather > than have to go through the whole purchase process each time a new version of > CF is released. > > But I'm sure there are whole fields of study devoted to the question of how > to build a sustainable business around writing software. And at the top of > the list in terms of difficulty is to build a business around a software > product (or products). If the initial investment to write the damn thing > doesn't do you in, the ongoing support and maintenance probably will, and > finding a way to entice your clients to part with more money to pay for that > support and maintenance the hardest job of all. > > > B) > > > > Steve Onnis wrote: >> CF maintenance is like 10% OFF the price so it is still a fair bit. CFENT >> subscription is over 5k so i would want to be getting something for my money >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of Brett Payne-Rhodes >> Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 11:27 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: CF Maintenance purchase >> >> >> Isn't maintenance an annual charge? So you pay it each year and are covered >> from year to year for upgrades? So I don't really agree that they have >> anything to honour if you don't take out or renew your maintenance. I don't >> know what the fees are on CF but other software I have had on maintenance in >> the past has been around 10% of purchase price. In the end it comes down to >> a question of whether it is going to be cheaper to pay one or two years of >> maintenance rather than the upgrade cost from CF8 to CF9, having just paid >> for the upgrade from CFx to CF9. And of course Adobe probably hates this >> kind of speculation because the temptation is going to be for you to put off >> the upgrade until CF9 is released... >> >> B) >> >> >> >> Steve Onnis wrote: >>> I think if you purchase a subscription and nothing is released they should >>> either give you a refund or honour the next release when ever it comes >> out. >>> only fair.. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf >>> Of Dale Fraser >>> Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 11:14 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: CF Maintenance purchase >>> >>> >>> Yes, >>> >>> CF9 will be released inside of 12 months I think. >>> >>> Regards >>> Dale Fraser >>> http://learncf.com >>> http://flexcf.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf >>> Of Scott Thornton >>> Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 10:54 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [cfaussie] CF Maintenance purchase >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Out of curiosity, is there expected to be any new releases etc of >> coldfusion >>> in the next year? I am trying to decide weather to purchase the >> maintenance >>> plan with a some new licences... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Scott Thornton, Programmer >>> Billing Unit, Hunter-New England Area Health Service >>> ext: 51762 p: +61 02 491 51762 m: 0413 800 242 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Brett Payne-Rhodes > Eaglehawk Computing > t: +61 (0)8 9371-0471 > m: +61 (0)414 371 047 > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > w: http://www.yoursite.net.au > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
