[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-13 Thread Shane Farmer
On 9/13/06, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: he wouldn't elaborate to much on it but it seemed to be pretty much that, he did also mention you'll be able to see/monitor all threads running and kill them etc, as well as open up cf more and see what exactly is happening under the hood and what

[cfaussie] step debugging in CFML with FusionDebug (was RE: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?)

2006-09-13 Thread Charlie Arehart
log entries at: http://carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/fusiondebug /charlie http://www.carehart.org/blog/ From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane FarmerSent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:14 AMTo: cfaussie@googlegroups.comSubject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy i

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-13 Thread Barry Beattie
to tie these comments back to the thread title, I really hope that this is more than some lame thread-watching tool. I'm continually impressed with VisualStudio.NET's debugging. breakpoints, line-by-line code execution, watching variables - anywhere in the code - even being able to drill down

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-13 Thread Barry Beattie
just to be clear here - four points: Adobe CF (and BD for that matter) is a commercial product, not opensource. the CF marketshare is too small/fragile to leave support of the platform (tools) to outside sources... for a commercial product (why do I care? if the tools are inadequate, no one

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-13 Thread Charlie Arehart
://www.carehart.org/blog/ -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Beattie Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:39 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? to tie these comments back to the thread title, I really hope

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-13 Thread Barry Beattie
available. /charlie http://www.carehart.org/blog/ -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Beattie Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:39 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? to tie

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-13 Thread Robin Hilliard
I thought Adobe's support for CFEclipse was pretty common knowledge - what about all the CFEclipse plugins they've distributed with 702 for starters? It got a lot of coverage at webDu with both Dean Harmon and Rob Rohan there... __ Robin Hilliard On 14/09/2006, at 10:07 AM,

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-12 Thread M@ Bourke
Given that a number companies are now giving away, for free, theirpropriety products for limited use, when is Adobe going to jump on the bandwagon with JRun and Coldfusion? Well, actually I currently know ofonly one application server that's now free: the IBM WebSphereApplication Server Community

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-12 Thread Charlie Arehart
: Why buy into CF? Given that a number companies are now giving away, for free, theirpropriety products for limited use, when is Adobe going to jump on the bandwagon with JRun and Coldfusion? Well, actually I currently know ofonly one application server that's now free: the IBM

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-12 Thread Scott Barnes
I meet Ben once.. he wasa 6ft tall, arms like tree trunks andhair as red as fire, he bespoken with harmony in his voice he-be,and when he stared at you, it felt as if the devil be watchin ya, it did. He affectionately referred to me as weird little man and i remember his words fondly... could you

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-12 Thread M@ Bourke
On 9/12/06, Charlie Arehart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: M@, are you referring to interactive step debugging? Or something else? I'd just not heard of any plans for Adobe to do step debugging, so just curious what you may have heard. Hi Charlie good to hear from a fellow long time BD user, he

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-12 Thread M@ Bourke
On 9/12/06, Scott Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I meet Ben once.. he wasa 6ft tall, arms like tree trunks andhair as red as fire, he bespoken with harmony in his voice he-be,and when he stared at you, it felt as if the devil be watchin ya, it did. He affectionately referred to me as weird

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-12 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 9/13/06, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that a number companies are now giving away, for free, their propriety products for limited use, when is Adobe going to jump on the bandwagon with JRun and Coldfusion? Well, actually I currently know of only one application server

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-12 Thread Scott Barnes
Its true.. I sit here daily thinking about how life in CF/FLEX programming was so damn sweet. Now days, i spend most of my time in meetings, talking about what I'd like to do with the two brands under my charge, yet can't quite execute them due to some crap about governance or red tape here and

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-11 Thread Scott Barnes
.NET isn't so bad to be honest? the only thing that i find a bit disconcerting about it, is what could I use it for given that Microsoft are a bit sketchy as to what the future of .NET 2.0 apps will look like with the upcomingVista Regime? I'm more inclined to start asking questions about

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-11 Thread Scott Barnes
Oh, Microsoft have implemented XAML into IE 7 long long before we clued in onto that fact. You have to be a mug to not realise that the whole Web application concept threatened the very existance of an Operating Systems actual purpose as it was living out the hybrid dream of thin-ware deployment.

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-10 Thread Lindsay Evans
On 9/10/06, Chad Renando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On that note, can that then please get Google not to say Did you mean: coldfusion whenever you search for the term, or get wikipedia to acknowledge the software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion)? They do

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrew Scott
Chad, CF is called Coldfusion and not Cold fusion Cold Fusion is a science term for nuclear fusion:-) Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-09 Thread Chad Renando
On that note, can that then please get Google not to say Did you mean: coldfusion whenever you search for the term, or get wikipedia to acknowledge the software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion)? Chad who wanted to get his name in on this monster thread On 9/9/06, Scott Barnes [EMAIL

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-08 Thread Shane Farmer
On 9/8/06, Haikal Saadh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Tilbrook wrote: Yeah but JBoss isn't supported for ColdFusion yet (it will be with Scorpio though). I didn't realise that.. I thought because you could deploy CF as an ear,you could put in on any ol' server. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-08 Thread Robin Hilliard
Sorry Jeremy, but what on earth would you expect them to say after reading this thread? IMHO it hasn't covered anything that hasn't already been done to death (over and over) on this list in the last six or so years. Yes it would be nice if ColdFusion were free and world governments

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Mark Stanton
Glad you took that in the spirit it was intended - I thought about that email last night cringed about being too harsh... No offence intended :) Just came across this this morning - http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/09/07/JRuby-guys - maybe we'll be able to run ruby code in our CF

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Barry Beattie
and I apologise to all and sundary for accidently making this the longest and most obtuce thread on cfaussie. Perhaps I'm a bit too protective of the fact that I like what I do and the tools I use and it irks me to throw away good ideas for bad. http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Java cheers b On

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Andrew Scott
Barry, Everyone on this list would agree with about what they love here too. And we just had a discussion here about Ruby, it might be gaining ground but our clients are blue chip companies, and one of our developers said the same thing that Dale did say awhile ago. You can't put Ruby or RonR to

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Nathan Drury
No need to apologise Barry. For the most part this has been a healthy debate about CF and its competitors. Anyone who relies on CF for their living should be aware of its competitors and how they compare to CF (especially how they compare to CF in the eyes of the bean counters and decision

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Andrew Scott
Nathan, Have to agree as a developer we should all not only be aware of our competitors but adapt where we can or even leverage if need be. As far as RonR it's just a fancy term for MVC, ORM and Spring rolled into one, but hey that's my opinion. Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd.

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 9/6/06, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be of interest to get his take on this discussion. Any questions you want me to ask him feel free to post in here. and I'll ask him. Given that a number companies are now giving away, for free, their propriety products for limited use,

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Haikal Saadh
I think the Java AS and database market has become a bit commodotised. They all do more or less the same thing. I don't see why anyone would pay for JRun... JBoss does the same thing for free. CF, on the other hand, is a different kettle of fish... The code in that uncyclopedia link posted

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Peter Tilbrook
On 08/09/06, Haikal Saadh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the Java AS and database market has become a bit commodotised.They all do more or less the same thing. I don't see why anyone wouldpay for JRun... JBoss does the same thing for free. Yeah but JBoss isn't supported for ColdFusion yet (it

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 9/8/06, Haikal Saadh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: software development) easy. If Adobe gave away CF for free, where would they get money from? I guess the same way that IBM, Oracle and Microsoft are making their money. Chris -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-06 Thread Chris Velevitch
On 9/6/06, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's very interesting, considering that according to his website he'll be in London next Tuesday. Lets hope so Chris, as I work roughly 40km's from London :) I'll even email ya some photo's if you'd like It would be of interest to get his

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-06 Thread Sean Bucklar
Forget your mega budget push from Microsoft, I'm still astounded/disgusted in the amount of hype that surounds the RubyOnRails camp. did you know that 37Signals has done a deal with Apple so the next version of OS-X comming out will have RonR included on every copy, ready to install and run? sure

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-06 Thread cfgroupie
Barry, How did you know that we use Powerbuilder and Lotus notes!! I cracked up when I read that cause thats exactly the path we are going. We(company) will be moving all of that to .NET in the years to come. Sean very interesting point on th RoR that it will be shipping with OSX. Very

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-06 Thread Mark Mandel
For your SME clients - stupid cheap CF hosting - It is meant to be quite good too, if you do a google search on it - http://www.hostingatoz.com/ Just to throw that in. Mark On 9/7/06, Sean Bucklar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forget your mega budget push from Microsoft, I'm still

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-06 Thread Mark Stanton
Forget your mega budget push from Microsoft, I'm still astounded/disgusted in the amount of hype that surounds the RubyOnRails camp. did you know that 37Signals has done a deal with Apple so the next version of OS-X comming out will have RonR included on every copy, ready to install and run?

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-05 Thread Darren Tracey
I agree with Jeremy on this one too. It may be well and good to promote a strong grassroots love for CF in the developer community, but with a complete absence of visibility to the decision making tier of businesses (a group which is almost mutually exclusive to the developer community), it gets

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-05 Thread M@ Bourke
I've said it before and will say it againif your company gets to the top 200 companies on the ASX microsoft will be so far up your ass that you'll think you've got a second tonguethere whole marketing strategyis to get as many of the top 200 companies as possible, then they'll advertise in the

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-05 Thread M@ Bourke
Ben Forta is coming to my work next tuesday for a visit, maybe they need more ben forta's (As he can only be in on place at one time) and have them continually going around the companies.M@ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-04 Thread cfgroupie
An Ad i found in seek this morning. This is what I have to deal with everyday at work. A financially secure, ASX listed company who provides IT services to organisations of all sizes across the Asia Pacific region, is seeking an experienced ColdFusion/.Net Developer. Working in a team

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-04 Thread Barry Beattie
aye and I've *heard* that Talent2 have some chunky modules to deilver for a large brisbane-based university _THAT_USED_TO_RUN_COLDFUSION_!!! somedays it feels like being a pixie about 2 inches high, jumping up and down waving arms everywhere shouting (at pixie volume) use coldfusion.. it's

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-04 Thread Andrew Scott
@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cfgroupie Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2006 8:09 AM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? An Ad i found in seek this morning. This is what I have to deal with everyday at work. A financially secure, ASX listed company who provides

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-04 Thread Barry Beattie
2006 8:09 AM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? An Ad i found in seek this morning. This is what I have to deal with everyday at work. A financially secure, ASX listed company who provides IT services to organisations of all sizes across the Asia Pacific region

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-04 Thread Robin Hilliard
So on one hand you want it to be free, (not to mention others complaining that $40/month is too much for shared CF hosting and taking their business offshore) on the other hand you want Adobe to spend a few hundred thousand dollars at least advertising ColdFusion in ANZ (and that is a

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-04 Thread Barry Beattie
well, Robin, I'll bow to your experiance and position in the industry and gladly accept the view that what's happening to Jeremy and I is mearly an aberation (caused by different circumstances). Others people's milage obviously vary to this. and if you're comfrortable with the current

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-31 Thread M@ Bourke
Rails won't be the last framework for ruby, just like any language it'll eventually get flooded with crap and poor code. I couldn't imagine many companies scrapping a technology for ruby just yet, sure some will but its a bit to pioneering, sure its an old language but its more the frame work your

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread M@ Bourke
if they are whinging about the cost of multiple licenses why not challenge with the cost of multi-skilled developers. no doubt its best to have developers with multiple skills but in a global skills shortage (of all languages) is it good to have people very experienced *commercially* with cf

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Haikal Saadh
Ben Forta has written an wrapper around image/J. Andrew Mercer wrote: What I would like to see from Adobe take from .Net is the amount of objects that have been exposed in to the developer. That is, I would like to see more JAVA objects exposed. For example, I would like to see a CFZIP

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Tom Kerr
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 01:58:58PM +1000, Dale Fraser wrote: When presenting different technologies to the Board here, the first question the chairman asked. Q: Who makes ColdFusion A: Adobe Now if I had been pitching PHP. Q: Who makes PHP A: Ahh, Not sure a bunch of guys, but you

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Brett Payne-Rhodes
I'm sure Andrew is aware of that, and that there are custom tags around for zip and sleep as well. But just because these things exist does not mean that Adobe should not be expanding the native CF tag library to include these features. I for one would be generally much happier to use a CF

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Dale Fraser
@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Kerr Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 6:49 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 01:58:58PM +1000, Dale Fraser wrote: When presenting different technologies to the Board here, the first

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Dale Fraser
From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:cfaussie@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Mercer Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 6:24 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? The thing I like best about CF over .Net, is it has been consistent for the last 9-10 years

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Dale Fraser
-Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Payne-Rhodes Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 8:00 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? I'm sure Andrew is aware of that, and that there are custom tags

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Peter Tilbrook
After 11 years of CF I am prepared to let it all go.No explanation. Just tired of trying to defend it or find work without having to move hundreds of miles to places that get it. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Barry, No time to read entire post, but you ever tried to fix or extend the rails framework if it doesn't do *exactly* what you want it to do? You might as well re-write it in CF in some cases. Hopefully I will get to read the whole thread tomorrow... My 2cShane p.s. If I gave $2 (or worth)

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer
The main PHP engine is by Zend (http://www.zend.com). PHP 5 is getting close to the feel of Java moving it from just a RADlike language to a more powerful enterprise solution with PDF and charting being built into the engine with simple extension dll/so libraries. It also has a very strong

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer
Dale, does this stop you from using MySQL databases? On 8/30/06, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see,But I picked them for my comment I wouldn't be jumping on any platform thatwasn't provided by a main stream player Thus, I don't know who provides PHP.RegardsDale

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer
On 8/30/06, Steve Onnis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct me if I am wrong, but it would be very difficult to develop a .NETapplication using something as simple as notepad. There are some OK editors out there to do .NET coding in (all the editors for the MONO runtime in Linux, Dreamweaver etc)

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Andrew Mercer
PMTo: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?I'm sure Andrew is aware of that, and that there are custom tags around forzip and sleep as well.But just because these things exist does not mean that Adobe should not be expanding the native CF tag library to include

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread christophe albrech
-From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto: cfaussie@googlegroups.com] On BehalfOf Brett Payne-RhodesSent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 8:00 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?I'm sure Andrew is aware of that, and that there are custom tags around for zip and sleep

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Robin Hilliard
On 30/08/2006, at 3:24 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Andrew I still see RoR the same as ModleGlue. Here is the rails API documentation: http://api.rubyonrails.com/ If you take the ColdSpring, MG, Reactor and CFAjax + big chunks of the CF language (where CF is abstracting away tricky stuff

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Barry Beattie
but there is no particular magic about it - all the RoR things can be done in CF but Robin, the reverse of that is true too. - all the CF things can be done in RonR. Where's the product differentiation? and now, that includes remoting, which was one selling point I was using in flying the

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Dale Fraser
. Regards Dale Fraser http://dale.fraser.id.au From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:cfaussie@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shane Farmer Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 10:07 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? Dale, does this stop you

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Dale Fraser
To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? yep - this is my point. Sure the sleep thing is simple, but ColdFusion is more about CFSLEEP time=5000 / On 8/30/06, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brett, You make a fine point, I wasn't sure if he wanted

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Robin Hilliard
On 31/08/2006, at 2:10 AM, Barry Beattie wrote: but there is no particular magic about it - all the RoR things can be done in CF but Robin, the reverse of that is true too. - all the CF things can be done in RonR. Where's the product differentiation? Barry, I was talking about the

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread cfgroupie
Couldnt' have said it better my self. The Emperor colthes are grey hahahahaha. J. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Mark Ireland
Anyone know of a good example of RoR 'scaffolding' code I can look at? From:"Barry Beattie" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To:cfaussie@googlegroups.comTo:cfaussie@googlegroups.comSubject:[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?Date:Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:51:55 +1000 Barry, I was talking about the

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Andrew Scott
@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Mercer Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 6:24 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? The thing I like best about CF over .Net, is it has been consistent for the last 9-10 years - since the CF tags (after db

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Andrew Scott
Thanks Robin, I guess you put it better than I could have. Mark Stanton touched it, and the point is as Robin said all languages can achieve the same thing. I was interested to know why RoR was any different to CF + MG:U or even MachII + Reactor. At the end of the day, scaffolding is supported

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Haikal Saadh
37Signals (who originally made rails) uses it for all of their apps, I believe. They've stated that campfire and basecamp use rails... the rest of their stuff probably does as well. Andrew Scott wrote: Thanks Robin, I guess you put it better than I could have. Mark Stanton touched it, and

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Mark Mandel
From what I'm reading Barry - your argument comes down to one simple question - If RonR can pretty much do everything CF can do, and it's free - why would a company pay the extra dollars? Would the be correct? Mark On 8/31/06, Barry Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barry, I was talking

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Barry Beattie
If RonR can pretty much do everything CF can do, and it's free - why would a company pay the extra dollars? well, that part of it sort-of evolved, but it's not the whole story if you factor in Jeremy's points of moving to .NET, and us with Java/JSP. and as a litmus test and leaving a direct

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Mark Mandel
You know, something I was just thinking of now - Thinking 'corporate' style - the fact that CF is NOT open source means that if anything goes wrong with CF itself, you have somewhere to go where you are guarenteed service. Not the case with RoR. Or true of any OS software. Just a thought - but

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Blair McKenzie
Besides the support issues, there is also a level of polish in CF that other languages don't have. Some points are:CF components are an access=remote away from being web servicesquery-of-queries custom tags - they may seem like a trivial feature but can make code incredibly intuitiveBlairOn

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Dale Fraser
There are lots of reasons. It doesn't just give you web stuff it gives you a lot more, like PDF, report writing, Flash / Flex hooks It leverages the power of Java without the complexity. Compared to pulling in lots of different OS / Free solutions to achieve the same result, you are better off

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Dale Fraser
into CF? No php? Hmm ... - Original Message - From: Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? There are lots of reasons. It doesn't just give you web stuff it gives you a lot more

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Barry Beattie
: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? No php? Hmm ... - Original Message - From: Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? There are lots of reasons. It doesn't just give you web

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread rod . higgins
into CF? No php? Hmm ... - Original Message - From: Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? There are lots of reasons. It doesn't just give you web stuff it gives you a lot

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Dale Fraser
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 13:01 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? No sorry, my point was Java is a little different to .Net and CF as is php. Java code is open you can do what ever you like with it even rewrite

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Mark Stanton
RoR is super simple if you are following DHH's blog in 15 minutes presentation. After that it does get considerably harder and you are, god forbid, expected to learn something of the ruby language and the mechanics of the rails framework. I spent about 100 hours building an app in it earlier

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Barry Beattie
-Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 13:01 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? No sorry, my point was Java is a little different to .Net and CF

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Mark Stanton
You get 2 of those 3 in RoR On 8/30/06, Blair McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides the support issues, there is also a level of polish in CF that other languages don't have. Some points are: CF components are an access=remote away from being web services query-of-queries custom tags -

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread cfgroupie
Doods, I brought this up a few lists ago. I'm currently battling to keep CF as well. But its a battle that is going to end with MS being the winner. Firstly; RoR there is one for ColdFusion called CFWheels do a google search. However it only works with Apache and for the most part I couldn't

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Dale Fraser
:46 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? Dale, I'm sure there's a lot of PHP developers that don't know either, nor care. the same for their bosses and their clients. so which Ghostbusters are you going to call if something goes wrong? mothership Adobe

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Andrew Scott
Hmmm, Without going further into the argument, or what RoR is. But to me RoR looks and smells like MG:U Or am I missing something? Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread cfgroupie
The issue isn't if BlueDragon is cheaper or not. The fact of the matter is the Server licences cost to much. We have are LARGE application that is writtin in CF but will be pushed to .NET because its cheaper to buy studio and distribute our application then it is to buy CF server/s licence and

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Steve Onnis
of the water. Thats it from me for now:) Steve -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of cfgroupie Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:09 PM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? The issue isn't if BlueDragon is cheaper

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Andrew Scott
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cfgroupie Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 2:46 PM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? I see your point steve, but I think your wrong. Firstly; .NET you can develop an app using notepad. Why...cause your a freak and you like your nipples twisted. Secondly

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Barry Beattie
@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cfgroupie Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 2:46 PM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? I see your point steve, but I think your wrong. Firstly; .NET you can develop an app using notepad. Why...cause your a freak and you like

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Mark Stanton
-Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cfgroupie Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 2:46 PM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? I see your point steve, but I think your wrong. Firstly; .NET you can develop an app using

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-29 Thread Andrew Scott
: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 3:23 PM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF? Thats my point, You develop in ColdFusion for free but when it comes time to sell your application it costs money to do that. Where as MS does it the other way around. Most big applications that we build