[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 6/28/07, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I am talking about the product that Flex is a child from or is better put as a recarnation of a better product. It was introduced to the market about 11 years ago, maybe 12 not 100% sure on that. I am thinking for some reason it started

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Yep thats the one, for the life of me you think I could remember something like that. On 6/28/07, Chris Velevitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/28/07, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I am talking about the product that Flex is a child from or is better put as a recarnation of

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 6/28/07, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep thats the one, for the life of me you think I could remember something like that. Someone developed a product that emulates Generator called JGenerator then open sourced it (http://www.osflash.org/jgenerator) Chris -- Chris Velevitch

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
And Geoff you wonder why I say to you, you do not read my posts? I actually said the product was what is now know as Flex I was going to let that go, but what annoys me is a comment like that when you make something clear... As for smith, I already covered that too. On 6/28/07, Geoff

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Geoff Bowers
On Jun 28, 3:51 pm, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NDA limits what I say, but till our product is released YOU can't comment on what we have done. What I can say, is the license cost is the issue in this case. Trust me I have had this discussion so many times here, and you can't tell

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Geoff Bowers
On Jun 28, 4:26 pm, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And Geoff you wonder why I say to you, you do not read my posts? I actually said the product was what is now know as Flex Generator has absolutely nothing to do with Flex. There is no simularity beyond producing Flash content.

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
As far as what Flex delivers yes you are right. Geoff you crack me up. But things evolve over time, and sometimes you go back to the drawing board. Now take the following add a dash of spices, and a new direction and what do you think this sounds like.. Got to say provide a better coding style,

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Steve Onnis
Why cant we all just get along? -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Scott Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2007 5:56 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey As far as what

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Geoff Bowers
On Jun 28, 5:56 pm, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as what Flex delivers yes you are right. Geoff you crack me up. But things evolve over time, and sometimes you go back to the drawing board. Now take the following add a dash of spices, and a new direction and what do you

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Because that is no fun:-) Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Onnis Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2007 6:07 PM

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Peter Tilbrook
I have to agree in-so-far - yes I am using CF8 (RC). That was my only statement. I must add I was in the top 25 for bug submissions for pre-RC release for CF8 also. -- Peter Tilbrook ColdGen Internet Solutions President, ACT and Region ColdFusion Users Group PO Box 2247 Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Mike Kear
Brain teaser for the day - think of a thread that Andrew Scott can't turn into an irrational rant against Adobe's pricing. Aww.. sorry . that's too hard. Can't you give it a rest for a while Andrew? We can't do anything about Adobe's pricing. Address your issues to them instead of causing me

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Geoff, First of all, I never HiJacked this thread. I made a post as to what I voted for in the survey, and gave my reasons behind it. It was on topic. If you had bothered to follow the thread you will understand, so becuase it has changed from a survey to a blood bath it is saying that you are

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Peter, I really felt like being an arse to you again, but this time do you mind leaving a little bit of what you are replying too? It just might stop me hitting you on the head with the request scope is evil again :-) On 6/28/07, Peter Tilbrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to agree

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Dale Steve, I agree, however it is very interesting to here people's reactions when they do not know the full facts. I did my best to point out what I got told politely in meetings here, but it is good to know that there are many passionate about the technology. Just that there are a few who do

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Peter Tilbrook
E) Thats because everyone mostly develops on the standard version, Geoff go off and develop an Enterprise solution and say to your client sorry but we need to add $9.5k for the license and see their faces drop. Your negotiation skills must be of a very low order. To pay 9.5K would be

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Peter, Nothing to do with Negotiation skills, whats the point of going down that road if it is not going to happen :-( And besides, I know for a fact there is no way, and I mean no way that Adobe will sell us any copy of CF Enterprise for $250.00 and thats the price each edition would need to be

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Scott Barnes
Umm.. this thread is just freakin funny.. Here's how I'm seeing it so far. Dale wanted to unpick something he pondered about in terms of Coldfusion and the future. So he did a positive step to see what the public would say to some questions, it came back great results and thumbs up alround.

[cfaussie] Re: All things Adobe - was ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Scott Barnes
Well.. actually... nope.. i won't go there.. i differ from this position on Flex 1.x to how Flex 2.x came to be... :) On 6/28/07, Geoff Bowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 28, 3:12 pm, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I went back to the days when Flex was in its very infant

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Peter Tilbrook
Scotty, Scotty, Scotty... I never stated I was THE premier bugfinder - Ray Camden must surely hold that title. And our efforts made the RC a more stable platform - but Adobe still need all of us to push it to find any issues before it goes gold. At least I bother to ask Adobe about CF8 and got

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Peter Tilbrook
PS - thanks for full name quote. Should I be pleased? Humble? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups cfaussie group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Robin Hilliard
On 27/06/2007, at 12:13 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: Robin, Yes I am talking about tag / function development. Hi Andrew, Seem to have started something here. I was onsite all day in Melbourne yesterday and have a bit to catch up on, will try to pitch in with a response soon. Robin

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Haikal Saadh
The thread of a lifetime, and it just has to be while Barry's on vacation. Scott Barnes wrote: *snip* All i need now is Barry to chime in with some more brand-war bait, maybe I could throw in a .NET remark or two to end with maybe a fight between Adobe or Microsoft which M@ then can

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Robin Hilliard
On 28/06/2007, at 9:58 AM, Geoff Bowers wrote: Who to talk to? Well at Adobe you could contact the local Partner manager and enquire about OEM licensing options. That's Tim Hussey in the Sydney Office. Robin Hilliard CEO - RocketBoots Pty Limited Consulting . Recruitment . Software

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Robin Hilliard
On 29/06/2007, at 10:45 AM, Joel wrote: But been thinking.. how do web hosting companies offer cheap hosting for CFMX Ent if they are paying 9k for the lic ? Yes. Maybe these way too expensive local hosting companies actually pay for their licenses... Robin Hilliard CEO - RocketBoots

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread AJ Mercer
How about this for some conspiracy theory: Derision is Andrew Scott So when people reply to Derision say 'right on brother' or 'yeah, that guy is a total #$%^' Andrew would have the last laugh Though I think people are making their opinions of him publicly known Now I am off to read his posts

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Steve Onnis
I run a hosting business and I work on the volume principal (I hope I spelt it the right way). Get enough clients to cover the cost and hopefully make some op top on it. You need to look at recouping the cost long term because you will never get it back over night (and no im not gonna say

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Steve, I will chime in here, and Mike Kear and anyone else that is running a hosting business. First let me say this, it is easier for you guys to plan the said cost of CF into your decision. But I am not going to discuss that. One thing that has puzzled me a little, and this comes from a

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Dale Fraser
If you look at the IP addresses, you can work out who it is. Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com http://dalefraser.blogspot.com From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AJ Mercer Sent: Friday, 29 June 2007 10:58 AM To:

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Steve Onnis
Andrew I personally don't run virtual servers. I haven't gotten to a stage where I have needed that sort of thing, and even if I did I would be more likely to purchase more servers then use virtual servers. I know it's a cost factor and it needs to be planned as part of your growth. Although

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Dale Fraser
Andrew, You have really hijacked this thread, can you create new topics rather than keep replying to the survey one. 97 Messages 32 Andrew Scott 33% 21 Dale Fraser 22% Then the next person is only 10 responses Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread AJ Mercer
He he - for get IP address - I found the domain name!! On 6/29/07, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you look at the IP addresses, you can work out who it is. Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Scott Barnes
Amen to that.. He could of been big.. where is his priorities.. i hope the snow is good because this thread is ice-cold good... On 6/29/07, Haikal Saadh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The thread of a lifetime, and it just has to be while Barry's on vacation. Scott Barnes wrote: *snip* All i

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Robin Hilliard
Appendix to survey: I now know of three (3) people who say they have unsubscribed from this list after this thread. Robin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups cfaussie group. To post to this group, send

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Scott Barnes
Steve, I am going to send you Windows Server 2008 as once you see the new Virtual Server environment(s) you may differ ;) hehehe... Powershell + Virtual Servers are the shizzynizzy.. hot add CPU/RAM via C# .. thats gotta get some love surely :) It also can help in License costs, as if you are

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Mark Mandel
If anyone needs to email the author about this thread (or anything else at all) - there is this link, via Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie/post?sendowner=1_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcfaussie%2Fabout%3F; Mark On 6/29/07, Robin Hilliard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Appendix to survey: I

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Mark Mandel
Sorry, I mean the owner of the group, not the author. Mark On 6/29/07, Mark Mandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone needs to email the author about this thread (or anything else at all) - there is this link, via Google Groups:

[cfaussie] now hijacked to a new thread seeing as everyone else is to lazy to do so wheb I already did it RE: [cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Andrew Scott
Dale, Hijacking is going away from what you are replying too. So that makes everyone on this thread just as damn guilty... Even you, and if you notice, I even did change the subject on one occasion. Steve posted something that I asked a question on which is off topic to the subject, So you

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Steve Onnis
Bring it on Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you want to discuss further _ From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Friday, 29 June 2007 12:02 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey Steve, I am going to

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Barry Beattie
oh, I've been keeping a bit of a tab on it where I can. I'm trying to concentrate on the future - the next CF devs (or the next web/RIA devs to be honest) so all this round-peg in square hole is someone elses fight. right tool for the right job, eh Mr Barnes? ATM I'm stuck in sydbney Airport

[cfaussie] MS Broadside.

2007-06-28 Thread Haikal Saadh
Hmm, let's see. If Windows Vista = Windows Me 2 (I can't remember where I heard that) then windows 2008 should be like windows 2000 2? The one that everyone liked? (After service pack 2 anyway). Scott Barnes wrote: Steve, I am going to send you Windows Server 2008 as once you see the new

[cfaussie] Should I Purchase Enterprise

2007-06-28 Thread Dale Fraser
I plan on purchasing ColdFusion 8 as soon as it is released, but our application currently runs on Standard and has fairly low volume, 30 instances and probably no more than 10-20 concurrent users across all instances. With that said, this number could double in the next year or two (but still

[cfaussie] Re: MS Broadside.

2007-06-28 Thread Scott Barnes
*sigh*.. i honestly don't care :) On 6/29/07, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That was me, about Vista = ME2... But that was a quote from Mac people here at work, not my opinion just relaying what others thing of Vista. Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd.

[cfaussie] Don't Cross the Streams!

2007-06-28 Thread Geoff Bowers
Folks, Please create a *new* email or *new* post when starting a new topic! It is very confusing for all if you change the subject of a thread, mid way through the discussion. Most likely people will miss your new post altogether. Typically this happens when you reply to an email on the list,

[cfaussie] Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Steve Onnis
I have posted this in both the water cooler and in cfaussie cause I don't know who's in who :) And it sort of follows on from the whole licensing costs topic and I guess optimizing cf server setups. Couple of questions RE virtual servers CPU --- If the CPU maxes out in a virtual

[cfaussie] Re: Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited)
Hi Steve CPU: VMWare lets you assign GHz per Virtual Server and they won't go over that. So if you have dual 2Ghz CPU's then you safely run 3 Virtual Servers at 1GHz each. You need to keep some core processing capacity available for the host operating system. RAM: Correct, you assign RAM

[cfaussie] Re: Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited)
Sorry, to clarify the 2 VM's on a single machine clustered question The best phase one approach to going VMWare is to put VMWare standard edition on two physical servers. As you add Virtual Servers to the physical servers you need to make sure you never exceed 50% of the capacity of

[cfaussie] List Etiquette

2007-06-28 Thread Geoff Bowers
Folks, As list-admin of CFAUSSIE I receive a steady trickle of complaints about various posters. I apologise if I've been remiss in adequately enforcing list etiquette and trying to maintain a sense of decorum on the forum. I thought it might be worthwhile outlining the list policy I follow...

[cfaussie] Re: Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 6/29/07, Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SOFTWARE: Again you're correct, each VM is just as if it were a physical server in the eye's of software licenses, even Microsoft still expect a Processor license per Virtual Server even though it's only one physical CPU

[cfaussie] Re: now hijacked to a new thread seeing as everyone else is to lazy to do so wheb I already did it RE: [cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Scott Barnes
Andrew, you were warned ages ago about OT - i like wise - so i sat back and went hmmm.. maybe i overstepped the line..nope, i did..oh i know, i'll fix it.. BY NOT OVERSTEPPING THE LINE :) You're quite slow on the uptake, you need to just back off a little, admit you're wrong - move on... if bulk

[cfaussie] Re: Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited)
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying sorry Chris. Why would anyone put Vista or XP on a VMWare server? - Bruce Trevarthen, CEO ZeroOne (NZ) Limited --- DDI: +64 4 471 Mobile: +64 21 567967 --- -Original

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Mark Picker
LOL. So agree. On Jun 28, 12:14 pm, Derision [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You really are a total knob Andrew. Please please please, switch to a different language that will help you sell your shitbox app thats oh so top secret and go bother some other list. I really don't know why anyone

[cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Survey

2007-06-28 Thread Mark Picker
(Apologies to everyone else if this post appears more than once. I see to be having a problem with my Google account) Andrew, You are a d#$khead. Plain and simple. (You seem to get that a lot) WTF? You are developing an application that requires that large a spend on licences and you don't

[cfaussie] Re: Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Joel
Hi, SOFTWARE: Again you're correct, each VM is just as if it were a physical server in the eye's of software licenses, even Microsoft still expect a Processor license per Virtual Server even though it's only one physical CPU underneath it all. To some degree this isn't correct, depends

[cfaussie] Re: Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 6/29/07, Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure I understand what you're saying sorry Chris. Why would anyone put Vista or XP on a VMWare server? To do client side testing to see how different OSes/Browser combinations effect an application using

[cfaussie] Re: Should I Purchase Enterprise

2007-06-28 Thread Peter Tilbrook
A little too early to tell for ColdFusion 8 as Adobe haven't released the specification differences yet. But if you can afford it future-proof yourself and go with Enterprise. On 29/06/07, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan on purchasing ColdFusion 8 as soon as it is released, but

[cfaussie] Re: Virtual Servers 101

2007-06-28 Thread Steve Onnis
So then from a cf server licensing perspective, can anyone tell me if I could use the same CF license on multiple VMs? -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited) Sent: Friday, 29 June 2007 1:11 PM To:

[cfaussie] Re: CF8 and LifeCycle

2007-06-28 Thread Mike Kear
You can learn about LifeCycle by all means, Steve, but dont expect it to turn into a business opportunity. They have it stitched up in Australia to two companies and any work you do will have to go through them. They wont allow any new entrants into the lifecycle product. I've got knowledge of

[cfaussie] Re: Should I Purchase Enterprise

2007-06-28 Thread Dale Fraser
I can afford it, but I also don't want to waste money. I was a little hopeful that the Enterprise price might drop a bit or they might do a better deal when upgrading from Standard to save some dollars, that would make the decision easier. It's a harder decision with a 5k US price difference.