Answering several points at once here. 1. Why do people believe anything written in The Register? Its complete arse at the best of times.
2. We see these types of rumours 2 or 3 times a year and it always complete arse. 3. As for CF being expensive... how so? At 500 quid for professional, I'd say its cheap as is possible, considering you're getting an application server that can run hundreds of sites. It pays for itself with your first project. Also, you have to remember that ColdFusion server is not just ColdFusion... it comes with 3rd party tools, most important of which is Verity. Recent debates have rolled on about Blue Dragon, which is a cheaper option and pretty damn good. But its not in direct competition because its not as fully featured and therefore it must be priced lower to be able to get a share of the market. ASP is free and always has been, but that never stopped CF becoming as big as it has. And CF used to be even more expensive than it is now. My arguments for people who ask why I choose to build on a non-free platform are simple: development is about 4 times faster in CF, so in any project more than a couple of days worth of work, the extra cost is cancelled out by the reduced cost of implementation. CF is faster and more robust than ASP and PHP, blah blah blah. Will CF die? No. Why should it? As I mentioned before, ColdFusion usage has been growing despite being a commercial product up against freebies such as ASP and PHP. It really speaks for itself. Plenty of computer languages have stood the test of time even though cheaper solutions have come along. Just look at COBOL and suchlike. Taz > I still personally feel that CFMX server should come cheaper so that it gets > sold more often, and used in more solutions. If MS buy MM, then at least CF > stands a chance at being in every .NET Server and will keep you lot employed > as CF developers in times to come. As things stand, CF will probably die > out. -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
