Hi all, just to butt in on the conversation - I researched blue dragon a bit last year, and the conclusion I came to was that it's a decent alternative to CF for reasonably non-complicated sites. If you're aware of the shortcomings (which they're supposedly working on) and you don't have enormous demands, it could be a viable (cheaper) option for some clients.
Toby Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 10:56:49 AM, you wrote: WS> Ben, WS> I did a very quick evaluation on Blue Dragon when we were looking at WS> purchasing another set of CFMX licenses. Price wise, implementation of 2 X WS> 4CPU enterprise licenses of blue dragon was about the 72% of the cost of WS> implementing 2 X 4CPU enterprise licenses of CFMX excluding the cost of WS> purchasing the java app server. (this was just before christmas) WS> Advantages WS> � Supports CF5.0 commands and syntax WS> � Allows packaging of CFML applications completely within a standard J2EE WS> archive file (WAR or EAR) for distribution. WS> � Plans to support CFMX syntax currently under development WS> � Claims to supports BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, Sun ONE (iPlanet), Oracle WS> iAS, and Macromedia JRun WS> Disadvantages WS> � Company is relatively small (New Atlanta Communications, LLC) WS> � Does not support all CF5.0 commands and syntax WS> � Version 1.0 of the system was released in April 2002. WS> � Would cause divergent development efforts between intranet applications WS> and internet applications. WS> � No Australian support for the product WS> � User base is not visible. WS> � May not contain the required stub between the web server and the WS> application server, this functionality may be supplied by the underlying WS> application server. WS> � Per CPU licensing model * note CFMX for j2ee is also per CPU licensing WS> Scott. WS> -----Original Message----- WS> From: Ben Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] WS> Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2003 10:22 AM WS> To: CFAussie Mailing List WS> Subject: [cfaussie] What's the word on Blue Dragon? WS> All, WS> What's the word on Blue Dragon? WS> Has anyone investigated launching CF5.0 sites on Blue Dragon? WS> Deploying on J2EE Servers? WS> Bearing in mind the recent price hike of CFMX Server Pro, we are WS> considering deploying on Blue Dragon to save our customers $$$. WS> Any thoughts? WS> Ben Reid WS> Certified Advanced Cold Fusion 5 Developer WS> --- WS> You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WS> To unsubscribe send a blank email to WS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] WS> MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ WS> IMPORTANT NOTICE: WS> This e-mail and any attachment to it is intended only to be read or used by WS> the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged WS> information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any WS> mistaken transmission to you. If you receive this e-mail in error, please WS> immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not WS> disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended WS> recipient. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to WS> this e-mail or attachment to it. WS> --- WS> You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WS> To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] WS> MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ --------------------------------------- Life is poetry - write it in your own words. --------------------------------------- Toby Tremayne Technical Team Lead Code Poet and Zen Master of the Heavy Sleep Toll Solutions 154 Moray St Sth Melbourne VIC 3205 +61 3 9697 2317 0416 048 090 ICQ: 13107913 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
