Sean... (I will do better this time.) You have what we call investment capital. If your capitalized you should certainly vest your assets. The point is that PHP is chosen over CF because many people are not financially enabled. Paying for things requires more than a decision... it requires resources! Do the demographics of resources available to web developers and companies. You will find that it's not just a matter of making a decision. That is a bit oversimplified. Again... just because it's ideal doesn't make it realistic. You also need to learn a bit more about cash flow. You need to earn above operating costs and living costs to raise the 3K... it isn't just take 3 weeks income. You're a funny guy aren't you!
Also... you're a pretty bright and creative guy. You know how to create solutions. Do you honestly thing everyone is on your level. (Absolutely no sarcasm here!) Remember that just because you can "pimp" yourself (what an analogy!) doesn't mean others will find the same flexibility as you have found. John Farrar P.S. Many of the customers I get or that want me are surprised how much I can speak business the way they understand it. This isn't a kudos for me per say. It is a fact that most IT guys just don't get the picture of what it takes to make a business succeed. They understand the how to make IT succeed for sure and how that effects the business. Yet beyond that we as a group tend to go as blind to other departments as they do to IT. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Corfield Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CFCDev] Factory Pattern On 11/7/05, Joe Rinehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And be honest, the license fee for Enterprise version of CF is completely > > insane. http://dev2dev.bea.com/blog/estahl/archive/2005/07/the_relative_co_1.html > On top of that, if you're really in a situation where CF Ent is > justified, the license price is *dirt cheap* in the realm of truly > enterprise software. $3,000 per CPU (in 2 CPU increments). It's a one-off cost. Even if you're only charging $50 / hour that's just three weeks of work and it's paid for. Just over ten years ago, I went freelance for a while. I pimped myself out through an agency and was making just under 50 UKP per hour for C++ / Oracle / BroadVision development work (and, later on, project management work). In order to make my life simpler I bought quite a lot of software (after all, it's tax deductible) - thousands of pounds worth of software that made me more productive, mostly desktop development tools. I also went to conferences and training courses that cost thousands of pounds. To me, it was an investment. That's why I find it so puzzling to hear people say they won't pay for CF Enterprise or a dedicated server or whatever. I've been in the small business / solo developer seat - I spent five years doing it - and spending money to make money seems to be an inherent part of doing business. I'm sorry if some folks think I'm out of step with their world. Clearly my experience doesn't match theirs. If I was a solo freelance web developer today, I'd absolutely have my own dedicated server running CF Enterprise because then I could offer my clients better service and better functionality. I know shared hosting is valuable too tho' and I use it for my own site as well as a handful of cat-related sites that I've built gratis for friends (in fact, I often continue to pay for the hosting by way of a gift to those friends). -- Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ Got frameworks? "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
