What about support? I know CF has a large community as well (AKA free support). What about BlueDragon (if you don't already have an Adobe CF server)?
We had a customer say that they didn't want a calendar in our application because it would take to long to program. Um, cfcalendar anyone? mcg Clarke Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/07/2006 11:25 AM Please respond to discussion@acfug.org To discussion@acfug.org cc Subject RE: [ACFUG Discuss] OT: Client talking points Hi Seth. I am first and foremost a business guy. I'm currently managing projects in both .Net and ColdFusion. Of course, both work great and can be used to create nearly any application. Unless there's a compelling reason to use .Net (The project is for Microsoft or there's some other religious commitment to .Net), I prefer ColdFusion. The only downside is the extra cost to license CF, but this is quickly made up through: - Faster Development - Lower Cost Development - In general, CF developers with comparable capabilities are less expensive than their .Net counterparts. I don't have any stats for you, but this is the bottom line: Faster, Cheaper, and Just as Good. Clarke From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tepfer, Seth Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 9:05 AM To: discussion@acfug.org Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] OT: Client talking points I have been in the preliminary stages with a client. I had set up an extensive project charter and a prototype website. Suddenly this client emails me last night and says ?I think I should be using .net instead of ColdFusion. Let?s meet on Thursday afternoon and discuss this? I am looking for some quick and dirty speaking points to say why CF over other languages (including .net). The obvious ones to me are * rapid development * ease of maintenance * less time in development/maintenance = lower bottom line * other? * stats to justify this? I do not want to start a flame war over .net versus CF. I?m just looking for speaking points (perhaps with some URLs for reference for some useful statistics). Any help would be appreciated. If this has been done previously and is archived in an FAQ, please point me in the right direction. I didn?t see clear case justification at the Adobe/MM site ? is it there and I just missed it? Thanks. Seth ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
